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
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ESA, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the German federal state of Bavaria and the German bank Kreissparkasse München Starnberg opened the fourth ESA Business Incubation Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen on 3 August 2009. From left to right: Frank M. Salzgeber (Head of Technology Transfer Programme Office in ESA), Thorsten Rudolph (Head of Anwendungszentrum GmbH), Martin Zeil (Bavarian Minister of State for Business, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology), Jean-Jacques Dordain (Director General of ESA), Prof. Johann-Dietrich Wörner (Chairman of DLR Executive Board) and Josef P. Bittscheidt (Chairman, Kreissparkasse München Starnberg).