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 topicFrom left: Frank M. Salzgeber (Head of ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme Office), Bernd Geiger (Triangle Ventures), Robert Sanders (EBN), Richard Brook (E-Synergy) and Joerg Kreisel (JKIC), speaking, at the ESA Investment Forum 2007 at ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, organised by ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO) in collaboration with EC-projects FinanceSpace and INVESaT.