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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Thales Alenia Space is leading the development of the European Space Agency’s revised ExoMars mission under a €522 million contract awarded in April 2024.
Hera is ESA's mission to the Didymos binary asteroid system and continues on its development path under the updated budget.
One of the NS-37 passengers is Michi Benthaus, an engineer at the European Space Agency (ESA) who uses a wheelchair.
ESA is advancing technologies and missions within the ADRIOS line to remove debris and provide on-orbit servicing capabilities such as refueling and refurbishment.
ESA's new projects include optical systems for detecting very small debris objects and improved tools for collision-risk estimation and mitigation.
Under Planetary Defence, the new funding gives the go-ahead to Ramses, a joint ESA-JAXA mission to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis during its close pass by Earth in 2029.
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher confirmed NASA's contributions to the ExoMars mission, which include launch services, a braking engine, and radioisotope heater units.
ESA is developing ground-based and space-based assets to discover and track near-Earth objects, including telescopes for wide-field surveys.
The COSMIC umbrella received strong financial backing from ESA, enabling new or expanded projects in debris, space weather, and planetary defence.
The mission was suspended in 2022 after the European Space Agency (ESA) ended cooperation with Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine.
The collaboration supports the objectives of the European Space Agency in the demonstration and validation program in orbit.
The AI eXpress mission is co-funded by the European Space Agency's InCubed programme, managed by ESA F-lab.
The contract signing for the launch service of ΣYNDEO-3 with Isar Aerospace is a key milestone for the IOD/IOV Program of the European Space Agency.
Isar Aerospace signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch a mission for the European Union’s In-Orbit Demonstration and In-Orbit Validation (IOD/IOV) programme.
The ESA study SOLIS100 is planned to begin in April 2026.
European Member States' contributions to the European Space Agency (ESA) will reach 22.3 billion euros ($25.9 billion).
ESA has revised the total received during CM25 to €22.32 billion.
The SOLIS100 study is initiated by the European Space Agency (ESA).
In August 2023, Isar Aerospace secured two contracts under ESA’s Flight Ticket Initiative.
The budget for ESA's space applications, including Earth Observation, navigation, and telecommunications, is significantly increasing.