SpaceNews This Week | Europe commits to ISS, ExoMars

December 2, 2016 View this email in your browser Europe commits to ISS, ExoMars as part of $11 billion ESA commitment Peter B. de Selding —The 22-nation European Space Agency on Dec. 2 forced its science program to lay an offering at the alter of the agency's struggling ExoMars mission with Russia, allowing a European rover to be launched in 2020 to complement the Mars orbiter already in service.   Indian X Prize team secures launch contract with ISRO Jeff Foust — TeamIndus, an Indian team competing in the Google Lunar X Prize, announced Dec. 1 it has a launch contract for its lunar lander mission with the Indian Space Research Organisation. Iridium banking on Dec. 16 launch for Falcon 9's return-to-flight mission Caleb Henry — Mobile satellite services provider Iridium Communications will entrust its first 10 next-generation satellites to SpaceX for a Falcon 9 return-to-flight mission now slated for Dec. 16 ULA debuts online pricing tool for Atlas launches Phillip Swarts —  An interactive website unveiled by United Launch Alliance Nov. 30 both offers potential customers the ability to get price estimates for launches as well as serves as the latest sign of the ten-year-old company's self-described transformation in a more competitive launch market. Trump names insider to lead NASA transition Jeff Foust — The transition team for President-elect Donald Trump has named a congressional staffer and former NASA official to the "landing team" overseeing transition planning for the space agency. Upcoming Events Dec. 6-7 Space Resiliency Summit 2016 | Alexandria, Va.   Dec. 12-16 AGU Fall Meeting | San Francisco   Full Events Calendar Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Advertise with Us | Privacy Policy | Subscribe Copyright © 2016 SpaceNews Inc., All rights reserved. You signed up to receive this newsletter on Spacenews.com. At times you may receive marketing material. Please unsubscribe from SpaceNews Marketing if you no longer want to receive this material. Our mailing address is: SpaceNews Inc. 1414 Prince St, Suite 204 Alexandria, VA 22314 Add us to your address book update subscription preferences(subscribe/unsubscribe) for this list unsubscribe from all lists