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
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
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ESA is Europe’s space agency, enabling its 22 Member States to achieve results in space that no individual nation can match. ESA combines space mission development with supporting labs, test facilities and in-house experts covering every aspect of space, from exploration to applications, Earth observation to telecommunications and navigation. This potent formula has chalked up a high number of extreme achievements for Europe, some better known than others – here are a select few out of many.