The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
Find out more about space activities in our 23 Member States, and understand how ESA works together with their national agencies, institutions and organisations.
Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
Go to topicNetworking enables geographically dispersed 'virtual organisations' to collaborate on the same research goal. These large-scale 'e-science' endeavours are forecast to become more common over the course of this century. The Digital Library on demand infrastructure being developed by the DILIGENT project will facilitate such efforts, providing large-scale computing resources, a shared knowledge base and a secure common environment within which to work.