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.
Find out more about space activities in our 23 Member States, and understand how ESA works together with their national agencies, institutions and organisations.
Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
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André notes that ESTEC “holds a special meaning for me personally, because my aerospace career essentially began here. Recorded for the ESTEC Open Day Tours in October 2011, he remembers ESTEC as his workplace in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
AT ESTEC - ESA's largest establishment - most European space projects are born and guided through their various stages of development.