Agence spatiale européenne
The European Space Agency (ESA) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to space exploration, with 22 member states. Founded in 1975, ESA shapes Europe's space capabilities, ensuring investments in space deliver benefits to European citizens, working across the entire space sector. ESA develops and operates Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications, and astronomy satellites and sends probes to explore the solar system, partnering with agencies like NASA, JAXA and commercial partners like Airbus. Key programs include the development of launch vehicles like Ariane and Vega, the Galileo satellite navigation system, and missions like Rosetta and BepiColombo.
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Italy's financial commitment to the ESA for the next three years amounts to 3.5 billion euros.
The approved funding represents 99% of ESA's proposed €22.25 billion budget.
At the end of the ESA Ministerial Conference, Minister Adolfo Urso outlined Italy's achievements and the new framework of cooperation for the European space strategy.
Mars Sample Return is a joint ESA–NASA mission aimed at returning samples from the surface of Mars to Earth.
ESA is examining a new application for the Sample Transfer Arm to support operations on the lunar surface.
The European Space Agency proposed a budget of €22.254 billion for the next three years.
ESA is also developing the Sample Transfer Arm to operate on the surface of Mars and transfer sample tubes into the Mars Ascent Vehicle.
The ESA-U cooperation is seen as a crucial tool to enhance competitiveness and support the technological evolution of European enterprises.
The Sentinel-1D satellite of the Copernicus system has sent its first high-resolution images that were publicly shared at the European Space Agency's Ministerial Council in Bremen, Germany on November 26.
Spain will support the commercialization of the Miura 5 launcher by PLD Space with an investment of 169 million euros through the European Launcher Challenge of the ESA.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is exploring options to repurpose both the European Service Module and the Earth Return Orbiter.
The final subscribed amounts for ESA’s budget will depend on formal commitments from Member States.
Researchers from IBM and ESA used the ImpactMesh dataset to adapt their previous model, TerraMind, for natural disaster mapping.
Spain will increase its national contribution to the European Space Agency's budget from 300 million euros to 455 million euros annually.
In 2025, ESA selected Thales Alenia Space Italy to lead the development of the first Argonaut unit, the Lunar Descent Element.
ESA is building the Earth Return Orbiter for the Mars Sample Return mission, which will collect samples in Mars orbit and return them to Earth.
Airbus, in collaboration with the European Space Agency, announced the Vigil satellite, which is Europe's first 24/7 space weather forecasting satellite.
ESA's contributions to NASA's Artemis programme include providing service modules for the Orion capsule and elements of the lunar Gateway space station.
ESA has outlined plans to potentially repurpose the European Service Module as an 'autonomous modular cargo tug.'
ESA's proposal for ZefERO could influence the scope of its LightShip programme, which is intended to be a propulsive tug for delivering passenger payloads to Mars orbit.