N° 19–2024: Meet ESA at the Space Symposium

The Space Foundation announced in February that ESA’s Euclid mission team has been selected as the recipient of their Space Achievement Award this year. Established in 1995, this Space Achievement Award recognises individuals or organisations that have demonstrated attainment, breakthrough space technology, or programme or product success representing critical milestones in the evolution of space exploration and development.

The award will be presented on 8 April 2024, during the Opening Ceremony to be held in the International Center at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs.

Point of contact

Journalists are invited to contact Ninja Menning at ninja.menning@esa.int and phone +31 6 21437558 for interview requests and further information during the Space Symposium.

Available ESA spokespersons:

• Dr Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General
• Prof. Carole Mundell, ESA Director of Science
• Géraldine Naja, ESA Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness
• Francisco-Javier Benedicto-Ruiz, ESA Director of Navigation and acting Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications
• Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration
• Toni Tolker-Nielsen, acting Director of Space Transportation
• Dr Rolf Densing, ESA Director of Operations 
• Eric Morel de Westgaver, ESA Director of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs 

Media access

Media registration is now open. Please submit your request to media@spacefoundation.org.

Media registration is reserved for media who are actively reporting on Space Symposium and is not available to publishers, advertising or marketing representatives, or others not covering Space Symposium. Samples of bylined work may be requested before registration is approved. Space Foundation reserves the right to refuse media registration at its discretion. On-site media registration is not available.

More information:

https://www.spacesymposium.org/media/

Images 

ESA's Photo Library for Professionals:
https://www.esa-photolibrary.com/

Terms and conditions for using ESA images: 
www.esa.int/spaceinimages/ESA_Multimedia/Copyright_Notice_Images 

For questions or more information related to ESA images, please contact directly spaceinimages@esa.int.  

Videos 

https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos_for_Professionals

Terms and conditions for using ESA videos: 

https://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions  

For questions or more information related to ESA videos, please contact directly spaceinvideos@esa.int. 

Social Media

Follow ESA on:  
X:  @esa
Instagram: @europeanspaceagency  
Facebook: EuropeanSpaceAgency  
YouTube: ESA  
LinkedIn: European Space Agency - ESA  
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About the European Space Agency 

The European Space Agency (ESA) provides Europe’s gateway to space. 

ESA is an intergovernmental organisation, created in 1975, with the mission to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.

ESA has 22 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia are Associate Members. 

ESA has established formal cooperation with four Member States of the EU. Canada takes part in some ESA programmes under a Cooperation Agreement. 

By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country. It is working in particular with the EU on implementing the Galileo and Copernicus programmes as well as with Eumetsat for the development of meteorological missions. 

Learn more about ESA at www.esa.int