September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
...conceived only in economic terms. And he displayed contempt to those who confined themselves to a Europe of words, tirading during a speech in 1965 “Europe! Europe! Europe! - bleated like a goat” which in itself, he stated, would not lead to anything...
23 June 2021
ESA and EU embark on a new space programme
... of climate change and will support the implementation of key EU policies, such as the Green Deal. This places Europe at the centre of the international space stage, reinforcing its leading role in tackling climate change, monitoring biodiversity...
02 December 2016
GREGOR helps scientists take a closer look at the Sun
... GREGOR has been released as it undertakes its first phase of scientific use. With an aperture of 1.5 metres, GREGOR is Europe's largest solar telescope and is located at Teide Observatory on Tenerife, Spain. It observes the Sun at visible and near...
25 May 2016
Successful liftoff for Soyuz
... to their final working orbit. “Today’s textbook launch has added two more satellites to what has become Europe’s largest satellite constellation,” commented Jan Woerner, Director General of ESA in a press conference yesterday. “It was made possible...
October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
...debate and align on the continent’s ambitions in orbit and beyond. The EU Space Act sets out to replace Europe’s fragmented approach to space governance with a harmonised framework that promises to increase competitiveness, enhance security and embed...
February 2022
A manifesto for Europe in space
...in”. So, we must move from ambition to action on what was laid out in Agenda 2025 (the strategy I developed to raise Europe’s game in space when I became Director General of ESA) and therefore towards tangible, programmatic and systematic commitments...
