ESA Vision

07.07.2021

Creating the best ways to space

Access to space is the enabler of Europe’s space activities and freedom of action in space, but is facing destabilising external challenges. Successful maiden flights of Vega-C and Ariane 6 and their transition into exploitation are an absolute priority, while institutional funding needs must be kept under control. In Agenda 2025, ESA commits to proposing […]
02.07.2021

An Agency for the future

We need to organise our processes internally with our Member States to make sure that we are ready for the challenges of the future. We want to ensure that ESA will be among the top space agencies in the world in the next decade.
a photo of Earth's Moon
02.07.2021

Terrae Novae – our destinations in Human and Robotic Exploration

ESA’s goals in human and robotic exploration include continued astronaut flights to the International Space Station, the first European astronaut flights beyond low Earth orbit to the lunar Gateway and continued robotic exploration of Mars.
graphic showing water, a moon and a star-forming region
02.07.2021

Large-class Science Missions – Voyage 2050

The themes for ESA’s large-class science missions for the timeframe 2035-2050 were announced in June 2021. Future missions will address fundamental questions about our Solar System and the origins of the Universe. Read all about these themes and how they will become missions.
graphic showing satellites crowded around Earth
02.07.2021

Monitoring Earth’s orbit

Agenda 2025 commits ESA to developing European technological and commercial leadership in the areas of space traffic management, debris mitigation and removal, space weather, planetary defence, space logistics and cyber resilience.
graphic showing some of the threats in and from space
02.07.2021

Planning sustainable and safe space activities

ESA space safety and security tackles threats such as space debris, space weather, space traffic management and risks from near-Earth objects that could collide with Earth. Read more about the plans for space safety and security.
ESA Member State flags and blue sky
02.07.2021

ESA is open for business

During COVID-19, business continuity was maintained even as the vast majority of administrative work, including finance, legal, contracts and procurement, was done remotely. ESA has some 4 800 contracts with industry, so we committed to ensure payments were made on time and even ahead of due date.
02.07.2021

New ESA Directorate for Commercialisation

To boost commercialisation in the European space sector, ESA and its partners need to evolve, focusing on three key ingredients: talent, access to capital, and fast innovation. ESA will also appoint for the first time a Head of Commercialisation Department later in 2021.
02.07.2021

Diversity and Inclusion

ESA in 2025 will be a greener, younger and more diverse organisation. Women will be better represented in our staff, including at management level. ESA shall become a model for the space community and beyond.
composite image of Europe from space
22.06.2021

Watch the signing of the FFPA

The Financial Framework Partnership Agreement was signed on 22 June.