Goal 5: Inspire Europe

COOKIES For the best possible video quality and to enable the sharing functionality, please accept all cookies. To adjust your cookie settings, click .

ESA has set five goals to achieve by 2040. Goal 5 is to Inspire Europe.

ESA and its 23 Member States share an ambitious vision for Europe’s future, united by curiosity, driven by excellence and inspired by the endless sky above us.

Through education, cooperation and world-leading missions, ESA empowers every generation to look up, imagine more and help elevate Europe’s future.

At the ESA Council at Ministerial Level held on 26 and 27 November 2025, Europe will take the next step in this shared journey as part of Strategy 2040.

Learn more about ESA’s Strategy 2040 here.

Access all Five Goals videos.

CREDIT
European Space Agency (ESA) This video includes third party content. It shall not be modified, and parts of the video (e.g. footage, animations, music etc.) shall not be used in other productions without explicit authorisation by ESA.
LICENCE
ESA Standard Licence

Closed captions available Captions and subtitles are available (automatically generated by YouTube) - select your language using the YouTube player controls. A non-YouTube version is available using the 'download' button above.
Documentary
About ESA
ESA people ESA Places ESA programmes (ESA programmes in general)
Five Goals videos

Embed code