#Europe 🇪🇺 has fallen behind #SpaceX and other competitors in reusable launch technology. SpaceX began its first Grasshopper tests in 📆 2012, landed an orbital booster in 2015, and re-flew a first stage for the first time in 2017. At its inception in late 2019, #Themis was intended to make its first hop tests in 2022. The Themis T1H vehicle will likely undergo only short hops, initially about 100 meters https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/after-a-very-slow-start-europes-reusable-rocket-program-shows-signs-of-life
NASA: More than 6.000 exoplanets confirmed, over 8.000 candidates
It was not until the early 1990s that the existence of planets orbiting other stars was confirmed, and now 6.000 are known. This number is likely to grow.