A view of the control room at the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, on Sept. 30, 2016. Michael Probst/AP
European governments have approved a funding package worth a record 22.1 billion euros ($25.6 billion) for the European Space Agency (ESA), backing expanded science, security, and exploration programs.
Ministers from the ESA’s 23 member states and partner countries agreed on the largest contribution in the agency’s history at a ministerial council in Bremen on Nov. 27.
