French entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the space exploration company The Exploration Company Helene Huby (L) and French CEO Arianespace David Cavailloles shake hands after signing an agreement during the first International Space Summit in Paris on September 10, 2026. The Exploration Company's European cargo capsule, Nyx, will undertake its first mission to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard an Ariane 6 rocket, as part of a 760 million contract signed on September 10, 2026, with the European Space Agency (ESA) at the Paris Space Summit. "We expect the cargo vehicle to dock with the International Space Station for the first time in November 2028," said Helene Huby, founder and CEO of The Exploration Company (TEC), in an interview with AFP. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP via Getty Images)

French Minister Delegate for Industry Sebastien Martin (2nd R) and Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology President Tran Hong Thai (2nd L) pose flanked by French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Vietnamese General Secretary and President To Lam (L) during a signing ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris on September 10, 2026. (Photo by Yoan VALAT / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

French entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the space exploration company The Exploration Company Helene Huby (L) and French CEO Arianespace David Cavailloles (R) sign an agreement during the first International Space Summit in Paris on September 10, 2026. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP via Getty Images)

French entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the space exploration company The Exploration Company Helene Huby (L) and French CEO Arianespace David Cavailloles (R) sign an agreement during the first International Space Summit in Paris on September 10, 2026. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP via Getty Images)

French entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the space exploration company The Exploration Company Helene Huby (2nd R) delivers a speech flanked by European Space Agency (ESA) Director of Human Exploration and Robotics Daniel Neuenschwander (L), Chief Executive of the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Francois Jacq (2nd L) and Austrian CEO of the European Space Agency (ESA) Josef Aschbacher during the first International Space Summit in Paris on September 10, 2026. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP via Getty Images)

French entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the space exploration company The Exploration Company Helene Huby (2nd R) delivers a speech flanked by European Space Agency (ESA) Director of Human Exploration and Robotics Daniel Neuenschwander (L), Chief Executive of the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Francois Jacq (2nd L) and Austrian CEO of the European Space Agency (ESA) Josef Aschbacher during the first International Space Summit in Paris on September 10, 2026. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Apple Inc.'s new chief executive officer, John Ternus, speaks during the company's latest product announcement at an Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park in Cupertino, California, on September 9, 2026. (Photo by Karl Mondon / AFP via Getty Images)

French Junior Minister for Europe Benjamin Haddad (R) welcomes British Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds at the International Space Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris on September 10, 2026. Caught between the United States and China, Europe intends to defend its position at the first international summit in Parisan event snubbed by the American giants and attended without the German chancellor, one of the event's co-hosts. (Photo by Abdul Saboor / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)