Join experts from across ESA who share decades of knowledge, experience and lessons from careers at the forefront of space exploration. Europe’s space missions have increased our understanding of the Universe, and our place in it, and now anyone can learn from the people who make it possible.

With 36 years’ experience at the European Space Agency, Paolo Ferri is responsible for mission operations and has played a leading role in ensuring the success of ambitious missions like Eureca, Cluster, Venus Express and the epoch-making Rosetta – humanity’s first landing on a comet. In five episodes of ‘Leadership at Mission Control’, Paolo takes us through the major events in his career, covering cornerstone missions, first attempts, overcoming technical challenges, building diverse teams and solving the unexpected problems that arise with even the best-planned missions.

Access the five episodes of ‘Leadership at Mission Control’.

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