Aschbacher
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher said Europe needed “a serious debate” on its future plans in space in order to maintain a role as a global leader. Credit: ESA/S. Corvaja

WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency and the European Union will sign an agreement next week governing their work on joint projects, one that the agency says will allow ESA members who are not part of the EU to participate on those projects.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...