The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
Find out more about space activities in our 23 Member States, and understand how ESA works together with their national agencies, institutions and organisations.
Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
Go to topicThe Space industry is one of the most fertile breeding grounds for technology development. 20 years ago the European Space Agency set up its Technology Transfer Programme to capitalize on this know-how from Space to benefit European citizens. The programme has a network of brokers across Europe whose job it is to find companies that can profit from these technologies and bring them together with the Space experts. To further this drive for the transfer and commercialization of space technologies a strategy was put in place to encourage entrepreneurship and new business development with the setting up of the first ESA Business Incubation Centre at ESTEC.