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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ESA has not yet launched its Lunar Pathfinder communications spacecraft as part of the Moonlight navcom constellation.
Aschbacher acknowledged the good exchange of information between ESA and NASA regarding the budget process.
ESA expects to deliver the European service module for Artemis 4 later this year, depending on the program's continuation.
ESA is looking at 'recovery actions' to mitigate the impacts of NASA's proposal on these missions.
ESA is assessing potential options if NASA drops out of its Earth observation missions.
Aschbacher hopes the final NASA budget will be completed by the time of the ESA ministerial conference.
ESA has delivered the service modules for the first three Artemis missions.
ESA and NASA work together on 19 space science missions.
ESA has signed an agreement with India to cooperate on human spaceflight.
Josef Aschbacher is the director general of the European Space Agency.
Simoneta Cheli is the director of Earth observation at ESA.
ESA is building modules for the lunar Gateway that would be cancelled in the proposed NASA budget.
Daniel Neuenschwander is the director of human and robotic exploration at ESA.
The 310 Air ZERO-G aircraft is not only used for DLR's campaigns but also by other space agencies like ESA and CNES.
ispace utilized five of ESA’s Estrack network ground stations to command and receive telemetry from RESILIENCE throughout its mission.
ESA suggested using its upcoming Moonlight navigation and communications service to reduce onboard communications mass and save mission costs.
The MAGPIE mission is being assessed under ESA’s 2023 call for small and medium Moon mission concepts that can fly starting by 2028.
ESA approved the LUnar Meteoroid Impacts Observer (LUMIO) CubeSat mission to monitor meteorite impact flashes on the Moon’s farside.
ispace Europe and five European institutional partners won an extended approximately €2.7 million ESA contract to collaborate on the MAGPIE mission.
ESA aims to launch LUMIO in 2027 to the second Earth–Moon Lagrangian point (EM-L2) to continuously observe the Moon’s farside.