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Porsche enters 'space race', invests in satellites and rocket technology
Porsche, with the help of the Munich-based company Isar Aerospace, intends to make headway in the growing market for rocket technology for launching small satellites into Earth's orbit.

As 'billionaire space race' begins, here's what Jeff Bezos told Richard Branson
Richard Branson had earlier said that he was not interested in participating in some "space race", shortly after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced his plans to make a similar trip on July 20 through his own space company, Blue Origin.

China to send 3 male astronauts for 3-month stay in its new space station
The Chinese space station was expected to be a competitor to the aging International Space Station (ISS) which is a modular space station in low Earth orbit.

EU seeks space alliance to defend against US and Chinese ambitions
The recent emergence of US competitor SpaceX as well as China's rapid advances, is giving new urgency to Europe's ambitions. Over the past decades, Europe has sought to build independent access to space from US and Russian pioneers to help its industry.
