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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Heads of the world’s leading space agencies took part in a special plenary session at IAC 2015 in Jerusalem, on 12 October 2015.
Isaac Ben Israel, Chairman of the Israel Space Agency, A.S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Xu Dazhe, Administrator of China’s CNSA, Igor Komarov, Head of Russia’s Roscosmos, Naoki Okumura, President of Japan’s JAXA, Charles Bolden, Administrator of NASA and Jan Wörner, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA) were on stage to report on the latest advances and breakthroughs in space exploration worldwide and to share their views on the benefits of international cooperation.