German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher chair the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

(From L) German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund, and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher pose for the medias during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

Christina Egelund, Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science, poses for a photo prior to the start of the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher chair the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher take their sit as they chair the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

Diana Morant Ripoll, Spanish Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, poses for a photo prior to the start of the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

(From L) German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Spanish Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities Diana Morant Ripoll and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher pose for the medias during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

(From L) German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Czech Director of ITS and Space Activities, Research, Development and Innovations to the Ministry of Transport Vaclav Kobera and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher pose for the medias during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)