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 cut all ties with Roscosmos in March 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
ESA found that a 50-hour preheating step followed by a 36-hour sterilisation at 125°C was sufficient to ensure the innermost sections of the 74 kg parachute reached the target temperature.
ESA Member States voted in November 2022 to fund development of replacements for the Roscosmos-supplied elements of the Rosalind Franklin mission.
ESA used identical copies of the Rosalind Franklin rover parachute at its Life Support and Physical Sciences Laboratory in the Netherlands to refine a dry heat microbial reduction process.
The ESA contract reinforces GMV’s responsibility for the Copernicus program’s planning architecture over the next 15 years.
FLEXHab is installed at ESA's LUNA analog facility in Cologne.
ESA has not disclosed the team selected for the second parallel study.
Space Applications Services has experience in ESA-funded surface mobility programs, including the LUVMI-M lunar volatiles rover and the LPSR logistics rover demonstrator.
The European Space Agency launched an Ariane 6 in Ariane 64 configuration from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Thursday morning, April 30.
The European Space Agency awarded GMV a contract to lead the development and operational maintenance of mission planning functions for the Copernicus expansion missions.
The European Space Agency's Lunar Remote Camp program is focused on designing a deployable protective unit for the Moon's surface.
The European Space Agency selected a three-company European consortium led by Copenhagen-based SAGA Space Architects to conduct one of two parallel studies for a compact, deployable shelter for lunar surface operations.
ESA BIC is designed to turn participating Spanish regions into hubs for entrepreneurship in space technology.
ESA BIC centers such as the San Javier site are cofinanced and coordinated by Spain's Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through the Spanish Space Agency and ESA.
Spain is the fourth-strongest member state within ESA, alongside Germany, France, and Italy.
Each startup in ESA BIC can receive at least 60,000 euros from ESA and local and regional cofinancing.
Spain now has seven regions in ESA BIC, the main European incubator network for companies linked to the space sector.
The three new ESA BIC centers can support up to 12 startups per region over three years.
International Space Centre Director Professor Danail Obreschkow has completed 354 parabolic flight manoeuvres aboard the Airbus Zero-G with the European Space Agency.
Castilla-La Mancha will allocate more than 557,000 euros to finance its ESA BIC program.