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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Next November ESA will hold its Council at Ministerial Level in Seville, Spain.
A key event for the future of ESA: Ministers from the Agency’s Member States will decide on funding for Europe’s space programmes.
ESA is now presenting its programmatic perspective organised in thematic areas with four main pillars:
Jan Wörner, ESA Director General, explains in an interview what Space19+ means and represents for the future of Europe in Space.