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ESA Delivers: 50 years booklet

50 hallmark achievements across 50 years

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Help a lost lunar rover find its way in new ESA competition

22/10/2026 236 views 9 likes

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Space materials lab marks 10 years of innovation

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Jens Kauffmann, Head of ESA’s SME Section at Industry Space Days 2026 at ESA–ESTEC in the Netherlands

Presentations at Industry Space Days

Download presentations from ESA's Industry Space Days 2026 on 16-17 September in PDF format

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GOMX-5 successfully launched

02/10/2026 1001 views 23 likes

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In the picture: B2B zone at Industry Space Days 2026 at ESA–ESTEC in the Netherlands

Photos at ESA's Industry Space Days

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Preparing for the Future

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Technology Harmonisation

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What we do

Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality (TEC)

Engineering

Engineering for space Support to projects Ensuring quality

Cross-cutting initiatives

About Cross-cutting initiatives Clean Space Design 2 Produce Advanced Manufacturing Technology Breakthroughs for Science (TEBS) Technologies for Exploration Space and Energy

Electrical

Electrical engineering Control Systems Data Systems RF Payloads & Technology Electromagnetics and Space Environment Power Systems

Mechanical

Mechanical engineering Thermal Control Structures and Mechanisms Mechatronics and Optics, incl. robotics and life support Propulsion and Aerothermodynamics

Systems

Systems and software engineering Software Systems Systems Engineering, incl. cost engineering

Product Assurance

Product Assurance Flight Safety Dependability Quality Management and Assurance Materials and Processes Electronic Components Software Product Assurance

Standards

Requirements and standards European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) European Space Components Coordination (ESCC)

Technology

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Technology Harmonisation

Directorate Technology programmes

About Directorate Technology Programmes Technology Development Element Programme (TDE) General Support Technology Programme (GSTP) Technology Transfer and Patent Office (TTPO)