November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
..., the least explored terrestrial planet in our solar system. It is a joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to study the planet and its environment The mission has been named...
February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
... to promote the cause of astronautics in his roles as President of the French national space agency (CNES), Chair of the Council of the European Space Agency (ESA) and President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). Earlier in his...
February 2022
A manifesto for Europe in space
... the solutions are in our hands. About the author Josef Aschbacher was appointed Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA) in March 2021. He previously served as ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes from 2016 to 2021. Born and...
August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
...in practice, contracts from the European space programme funded by the EU are only awarded to companies and scientists from ESA members, which Poland helps to fund as an EU member state either way. The agency is executive in nature in accordance with...
May 2017
Could Brexit blow a hole in UK’s space ambitions?
... which might offer some comfort to those who are participants in organisations outside the European Union (EU), including the European Space Agency (ESA). However, the distinction between the EU and intergovernmental organisations such as ESA is not...
October 2017
Tracking air pollution and monitoring climate change
Sentinel-5P (S5P) is part of the Copernicus global monitoring programme, a joint venture between the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA). The ‘P’ in the spacecraft’s name stands for Precursor and references the fact that the...
