Future activities of the European Space Agency A number of future programmes are underway to build on current successes. This page provides an entry point to the various Future programme pages in each of ESA's Directorates.   Advanced Concepts Team Aurora - the European Programme for the Exploration of the Solar System Future launchers Galileo - Europe's future global navigation system General Studies Programme ESA's Living Planet programme - the future of Earth Observation ESA Science - advanced concepts Technology research and development ESA's Telecommunications programme - the Future       Last update: 26 March 2010