Thales Alenia Wins Pacts For Space-Station Work

Thales Alenia Space, seeking to carve out a bigger role in future European and U.S. exploration programs, has signed contracts to build nine cargo modules to service the International Space Station and to develop a separate, experimental atmospheric re-entry vehicle. The contracts, announced at the Paris Air Show in the past two days, illustrate how Thales Alenia Space is trying to expand from