{"id":802309,"date":"2026-05-22T12:22:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=802309"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:22:31","slug":"esa-and-cnes-renew-their-commitment-to-europes-spaceport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=802309","title":{"rendered":"ESA and CNES renew their commitment to Europe\u2019s Spaceport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>Philippe Lier, Director of the Guiana Space Centre for French space agency CNES and G\u00e9raldine Naja, ESA Director of Space Transportation after signing\u00a0a contract for the continued operation of Europe\u2019s Spaceport, 30 April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The signature affirms continued cooperation between the two organisations, supporting the performance, safety and competitiveness of European space activities.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00e9raldine highlighted the significance of this commitment, \u201cThis contract is not just an administrative document: it symbolises our cooperation, our shared ambition and our common determination to develop further Europe\u2019s Spaceport here in French Guiana, a unique and exceptional asset for Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Philippe said: \u201cOur two institutions work together every day with a shared objective: to make Europe\u2019s Spaceport a competitive, modern, flexible and sustainable operational base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two directors praised the commitment of the ESA and CNES teams, whose work was decisive in bringing this agreement to completion with a shared objective: to guarantee Europe autonomous, reliable and sustainable access to space.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2026\/05\/ESA_and_CNES_renew_their_commitment_to_Europe_s_Spaceport?rand=772187\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippe Lier, Director of the Guiana Space Centre for French space agency CNES and G\u00e9raldine Naja, ESA Director of Space Transportation after signing\u00a0a contract for the continued operation of Europe\u2019s&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":802310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-802309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=802309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/802310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=802309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=802309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=802309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}