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.
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Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, welcomes Jean-Marc Ayrault, the French Prime Minister, to the ESA Pavilion, Paris Air and Space Show, 17 June 2013
From left to right: Geneviève Fioraso, French Minister for Higher Education and Research, Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, JeanYves Le Gall, CNES President, Stéphane Israël, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, Claude Bartholome, President of the French National Assembly and Jean-Marc Ayrault, French Prime Minister.