21 June 2019
ESA's new mission to intercept a comet
... of the F-class guidelines," says Director Hasinger. "This type of innovative mission will play an important role in supplementing ESA’s Science Programme as we plan for the next decades of scientific exploration of our Universe. "We are also happy...
11 June 2021
Then there were 3: ESA selects revolutionary Venus mission EnVision
..., Solar System neighbour awaits us,” says Günther Hasinger, ESA Director of Science. “Together with the newly announced NASA... the planet and its processes. EnVision follows on from ESA’s highly successful Venus Express (2005-2014) that focused ...
May 2018
PLATO the habitable zone explorer
...faced by researchers. Hoping to change all of that is ESA’s newest M-class mission, PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of ... on a single spacecraft! The final version, which was adopted by ESA in June 2017, has a mere 26 telescopes - 24 ‘normal’...
06 July 2018
ESA investigates health risk of living on the Moon
... humans on a long-stay mission to the Moon, ESA are conducting an ambitious research programme with experts from around... human spaceflight – one of the 12 scientists taking part in ESA’s research. So far however, studies into the biological effects of...
26 August 2016
ESA Director General To Meet Press at IAC 2016
... to Ministers responsible for running space programs in Europe at the upcoming ESA Council meeting, which is scheduled for December 1 and 2, 2016, in Lucerne, Switzerland. ESA is ready to take on new challenges and fully embrace this new space...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
... European access to LEO. This initiative, fully supported by ESA Member States, is currently in its inception. Next year’s... their proposal. Those consultation meetings were paramount for ESA to better assess the viability of the partnerships. The...
