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
Go to topicThank you for liking
You have already liked this page, you can only like it once!
These Copernicus Sentinel-3 images show how this year’s heatwave has taken its toll on vegetation in northern Germany, Denmark and Sweden. The first image shows how green the vegetation was on 30 June and just over two weeks later the vegetation had turned dry and brown.
This wide view was captured by Sentinel-3’s ocean and land colour instrument. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has also been used to capture the difference between July 2017 and July 2018 over Denmark: Denmark scorched.