European Space Agency ESA

ESA’s job is to draw up the European space program and carry it through

The European Space Agency (ESA) is an international organization with 18 member states. 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. The ESA’s programs are designed to find out more about Earth, its immediate space environment, our Solar System and the Universe, as well as to develop satellite-based technologies and services, and to promote European industries. The ESA also works closely with space organizations outside Europe.

Wed, 03/16/2011 - 06:00
How to Keep LISA’s Laser on Target European Space Agency and NASA search for Einstein’s ‘gravitational waves’
Wed, 03/16/2011 - 06:00
A key technical challenge of the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) LISA mission has been solved: how to maintain precise pointing of a laser beam across 5 million km of space (figure 1).…