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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The European Space Agency launched a commercial cargo initiative announced at the European Space Summit on 2023-11-06 that seeks to have a vehicle ready for missions by 2028.
The European Space Agency signed an agreement with Airbus and Voyager Space to study potential use of the companies’ Starlab commercial space station as a successor to the International Space Station.
Firefly’s second lunar mission will deliver the European Space Agency’s Lunar Pathfinder satellite to lunar orbit.
The European Space Agency will develop technologies for satellite end-of-life disposal, in-orbit servicing, and active debris removal to implement the Zero Debris Charter.
In 2022, ESA Member States encouraged the European Space Agency to implement a Zero Debris approach for its missions and to encourage partners and other actors to pursue similar paths.
The UK Space Agency awarded the £3.5 million funding as part of the European Space Agency Boost! Programme.
Alan Stern has been a part of 30 NASA, ESA, and commercial spaceflight mission teams.
ESA contracted SpaceX for three Falcon 9 launches: the Euclid astronomy spacecraft launch in July and the Hera asteroid mission and EarthCARE Earth science satellite launches in 2024.
The ESA–CLIMA cooperation includes using Earth observation data to help identify site locations for renewable energy plants.
The ESA-funded, Airbus-built JUICE mission launched in April 2023 on an eight-year voyage to Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa.
The European Space Agency will start a competition to develop commercial vehicles to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station by 2028.
ESA envisioned a first phase that would provide study contracts to two or three companies with a total value of 75,000,000 EUR using existing funding.
The 0.005 kg pilot tests were performed through the ESA Sunrise Partnership Project with support from the UK Space Agency.
ESA collaborated with the University of Surrey, Eutelsat Group, and commercial partners under the Sunrise Partnership Project using commercial off-the-shelf components and flexible project management to advance 0.005 kg connectivity innovation.
Alan Stern has been a part of 30 NASA, ESA, and commercial spaceflight mission teams.
Thales Alenia Space was selected by the European Space Agency to lead a feasibility study for the SOLARIS initiative.
Alan Stern has been part of 30 NASA, ESA, and commercial spaceflight flight mission teams.
Alan Stern has been a part of 30 NASA, ESA, and commercial spaceflight flight mission teams.
A two-year project co-funded by the European Space Agency is testing the SeaNext solution at sea with a Belgian short-sea shipping company that operates lines in the Baltic Sea and between Spain, the UK, and Antwerp, Belgium.
Alan Stern has been a part of 30 NASA, ESA, and commercial spaceflight flight mission teams, including 15 as principal investigator.