Brussels, 09/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - At the end of February, Hungary signed the accession agreement to the European Space Agency (ESA) convention. The ESA stated that Hungary had “an extended tradition in space activities” - its first cosmonaut, Bertalan Farkas, was sent into space in 1980. In addition, Hungary had already implemented a cooperation agreement with the ESA in 1991, before signing the European Cooperating State (ECS) agreement in 2003. The ESA currently has 20 member...