Irene Klotz
September 30, 2025

Credit: The Exploration Co./ESA

SYDNEY—The Exploration Co., a European startup developing cargo, and eventually crewed, spacecraft for low Earth orbit (LEO), plans a 2028 flight test to the International Space Station (ISS). The European Space Agency (ESA) is backing the effort under its LEO Cargo Return program. Exploration Co…

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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