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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This early technology development project aims to recreate the Martian surface through a virtual XR-based Mars laboratory. Artificial intelligence will be used to improve the resolution of images taken by Mars satellites and obtain surface features based on images taken by Mars rovers. The virtual lab will be validated using a physical Mars-like environment on Earth, and researchers will continue to improve it using real data from Mars satellites and rovers. The final product – ‘Mars Xlab’ – will enable virtual testing of future human and robotic exploration of Mars.
Find out more about how ESA is exploring extended reality for space here.