German space technology company OHB announced on 4 February that it has established a new subsidiary, the European Moonport Company, to consolidate all its efforts related to future missions to the Moon. While only recently made public, company records show that the subsidiary, registered as Luna Europa – European Moonport Company, was founded in May 2025, with OHB CEO Marco Fuchs and Sabine von der Recke, OHB’s head of political relations and communications, serving as its managing directors. “With the founding of the European Moonport Company, we are supporting Europe’s ambition to establish a permanent presence on the Moon independently, thereby laying the foundation for future scientific missions and economic activities,” said Fuchs in a statement.

The main criticism on social media seems to be "with what launch capacity?"

Vorsprung durch Technik!

Elon said yesterday SpaceX's primary goal is now the Moon instead of Mars, so it looks like we're in an unintentional space race again: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2020640004628742577