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
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Streamlining information exchange
With Siemens Corporate Research's multimedia medical reporting software, radiologists can share voice messages and annotations about scans without waiting for the actual reports. Information and communication technologies vastly increase the speed of health care processes. Doctors use data lines to send images to colleagues hundreds of miles away for a second opinion. Comments can be added and transmitted as electronic notes attached to the images.