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The European Space Agency ESA facts and figuresESA and the EUEuropean Space PolicyContext The role of space in delivering Europe's global objectivesAchievements since 2005: Director General's reviewContext of Ministerial Council 2008Director General's vision for the next decadeObjectives Contributing to a knowledge-based societyServing Europe's policies, enterprises and citizensEnsuring competitive and innovative industriesSecuring capabilities for independence and cooperationMeeting Europe's security needsResolutions Resolutions Ministerial Council 2008 (pdf)
|  | Ministerial Council Flyer ImagesMinisterial Council Flyer Images  Artist impression of separation of the ExoMars lander/rover module |  The Reull Vallis channel on Mars as seen by ESA's Mars Express in 2004 |  Descent and landing sequence for ESA's ExoMars lander and rover |  Mars seen from ESA's Rosetta spacecraft in 2007, en route to meet a comet in 2014 |  Artist impression of ESA's Mars Sample Return mission orbiter |  Artist impression of lift-off of ESA's Mars Ascent Vehicle, part of the Mars Sample Return mission |  A heavily eroded impact crater at Solis Planum, in the Thaumasia region of Mars, seen by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft |  Representation of known satellites and objects orbiting Earth |  Artist impression of an upper-stage rocket explosion, producing debris |
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