(FILES) This photograph taken on September 21, 2023, shows the workshop of European space tech company MaiaSpace in Vernon, northern France. In the forest of Normandy, the French group MaiaSpace is entering the decisive phase in the development of Europe's first reusable rocket, due to be fired for the first time in 2026, in an attempt to make up for a decade's delay in the competition with Elon Musk. (Photo by Mathieu RABECHAULT / AFP) (Photo by MATHIEU RABECHAULT/AFP via Getty Images)