30 May 1975: rediscovering ESA’s 'day zero'
Looking back at 60 years of European activities in space and turning towards the beginning of the ESA era, we revisit the day when ESRO became ESA and investigate the mechanisms and people through which this happened.
Several different meetings took place on the afternoon of 30 May 1975, under the banner of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries, that together formalised the establishment of the European Space Agency. Read full story here