The European Space Agency

Since 1975 the European Space Agency, ESA, develops space programmes with its Member States to study the stars and galaxies, explore planets and moons, build spacecraft, space laboratories and launchers.

ESA has 22 Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.