WASHINGTON โ€” The European Space Agency (ESA) on March 17 formally committed to extending Europeโ€™s participation in the international space station through 2020 and agreed to a fresh round of price supports for the Arianespace commercial launch consortium.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris bureau chief for SpaceNews.