Near-Term Funding On ISS Extension Uncertain
By Michael A. Taverna
Turin, Italy, and Paris
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Europe is exploring near-term alternatives to a planned payload return capsule as it struggles to hash out a strategy for operating the International Space Station beyond 2015.
The European Space Agency sees the Advanced Recovery Vehicle (ARV) as a first step toward developing a full-fledged unmanned and perhaps manned space transportation capability. ARV would be based on the ...![](http://images.aviationnewsrelease.com/Home/aviation_news_release_4a.jpg)