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.
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Even if we stopped launching new missions into space tomorrow, the volume of space debris would keep on growing because of future break-ups and collisions. The best way to prevent such a chain reaction is to remove entire large items of debris items from space. Clean Space's e.Deorbit mission will catch and dispose of a derelict ESA-owned satellite. Such a mission is a world first that presents many challenges, but success would pave the way to a cleaner space.
To learn more about Clean Space, check out the team's blog