Space for our Planet

Space for our Planet is a travelling exhibition that is moving around the world to showcase how space technology and its applications benefit life on Earth and all humankind.

Climate experts, oceanographers, artists, doctors, astronauts, and more: the display is made up of 35 portraits of testimonials from all over the world and from different fields. Through audio interviews, images and text, 35 'agents of change' shared their experiences on how space is providing a specific solution to achieve the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

ESA is a founding partner and has contributed to Space for our Planet with concrete examples of how data from Earth observation, telecommunications, navigation satellites and integrated applications – as well as knowledge gained through International Space Station research – support SDGs: eradicating poverty, improving human health, contributing to industry and innovation, promoting responsible consumption and fostering world peace. In 2018, ESA became the first space agency to have a catalogue of space projects supporting the SDGs. Anybody can browse the catalogue; it provides examples of how space is already supporting the SDGs, creating visibility for the added value of space data, applications, and technologies for tackling the global challenges we are facing today.

So far, the exhibit has been displayed in Lisbon, Barcelona, New York, Paris, Brussels, Dubai, Toulouse, Bonn, Berlin, Trento and Rome.