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.
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
The Sentinel-3 payload container in the image is labeled ESA and RUAG.
The Italian government appointed ESA to implement the IRIDE programme under an agreement signed in December 2021.
The ESA Proba-3 mission used two satellites flying in formation to obtain coronagraphy of the solar corona.
Sener is responsible for critical systems in ESA's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, including separation mechanisms, structure elements, and locomotion systems.
ESA has contracted Spanish company EMXYS to build Don Quijote, the first CubeSat designed to operate on an asteroid surface.
ESA’s Ramses mission is designed to improve scientific models used for planetary defense and for characterizing near-Earth asteroids.
Don Quijote is part of ESA’s Ramses mission.
ESA’s Hera mission has contributed technology to the agency’s small-body exploration efforts.
OHB SE will co-finance Rocket Factory Augsburg's participation in the European Space Agency's European Launcher Challenge.
Aeolus-2 is the successor to Aeolus-1, which was developed under the ESA Earth Explorer programme.
Airbus Defence and Space signed the initial contract with the European Space Agency for the design and construction of Aeolus-2.
The Aeolus-2 agreement was signed at ESA’s ECSAT centre in Harwell, United Kingdom.
ESA awarded Thales Alenia Space a €522 million contract in April 2024 to replace most of the Russian hardware for ExoMars, including a new descent platform.
Luca Parmitano is an Italian Air Force colonel and an ESA astronaut.
Giorgia Meloni received Italian ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano at Palazzo Chigi.
ESA suspended all cooperation with Russia in March 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The suspension of ESA-Russia cooperation left the Rosalind Franklin rover without its Russian-built landing platform and Proton-M launch vehicle.
SpaceX has been formally awarded the launch service for ESA’s ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission on a Falcon Heavy rocket.
Perpetual Atomics produced the first flight-ready RHU unit for ESA’s European radioisotope-heater effort.
NASA and ESA signed a Memorandum of Understanding in May 2024 under which NASA committed to provide the launcher, braking motors, and RHUs for ExoMars.