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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Josef Aschbacher is the Direttore Generale dell’Agenzia Spaziale Europea (ESA).
Small winged spacecraft have a limited record of success, with the European Space Agency's Hermes spaceplane and the US Air Force's Dyna-Soar both canceled during development.
Josef Aschbacher, the Director General of the European Space Agency, confirmed the closure of the last ESA Council in Paris on November 9, 2025.
The last ESA Council finalized many elements for decision by Ministers in November, including the science program, basic activities, General Support Technology Programme (GSTP), and ESA Space Safety.
The ESA 2025 Ministerial is a key milestone for defining European space strategy and enhancing Italy's contribution to future space governance.
The European Space Agency has brought together a team of experts from food, biology, and space to study whether insects could become part of an astronaut's menu.
Teams in Cannes and Turin are working on ESA's Lunar View and Lunar Link elements to enhance communication, refueling capabilities, and pressurized environments.
Water bears endured exposure to outer space during ESA's 'Tardigrades in space' experiment in 2007.
The Austrian Research Promotion Agency and ESA provided funding of 365,000 euros for the PRETTY mission extension.
TU Graz will operate PRETTY as part of the European Space Agency's OPS-SAT Space Lab experimental program.
The launch will proceed according to the operational planning approved by ESA and the involved industrial partners.
The FutureEO program serves as the ESA platform for testing new technologies for Earth observation.
HydroGNSS is a mission of the European Space Agency dedicated to Earth observation.
On October 31, the ESA revealed that a reliability test conducted at Astronika's facilities in Warsaw successfully demonstrated the deployment of both ramps, taking approximately five minutes on the Martian surface.
ESA and AfSA intend to further expand joint training initiatives under the AESPP, with potential extensions to research, innovation, and technology transfer projects.
In a June 2024 update, Astronika claimed that their engineers would help save the historic ESA mission to Mars and detailed their role in the project, including ramp development.
The AESPP is co-implemented by ESA and AfSA to strengthen cooperation across the entire space value chain.
The ramps for the Rosalind Franklin rover of the European Space Agency (ESA) have passed a key milestone in testing.
Nigel Savage, ESA Academy Training Administrator, stated that the training goes beyond engineering to create conditions for true partnership.
The HydroGNSS project is part of ESA's strategy to enhance Europe's role in Earth observations.