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ESAgovernmentEUalso: European Space Agency
European organisation dedicated to space exploration
The European Space Agency (ESA), pronounced 'ee-sah', is a 23-member international organisation devoted to space exploration. It has its headquarters in Paris and a staff of around 3,000 people globally as of 2025. ESA was founded in 1975 in the context of European integration. Its 2026 annual budget was around €8.3 billion.
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Recent news (12)
ESA · 11h ago
The young minds space-proofing ESA’s missions
ESA · 11h ago
Waterworn chaos on Mars
ESA · 5d ago
Earth from Space: Greenland's changing ice
ESA · 6d ago
Extended Reality at ESA opens new pathways for space exploration
ESA · 7d ago
A beacon of light in swirls of dust
ESA · 7d ago
Sensitive and sturdy
ESA · 7d ago
Putting the ‘super’ into a supersite for Earth observation
ESA · 7d ago
Webb & Hubble find massive star clusters emerge faster
ESA · 8d ago
ESA and DON’T NOD team up on a journey to the planet Persephone in Aphelion
NASA · 9d ago
NASA Welcomes Ireland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
ESA · 13d ago
Earth from Space: Netherlands in bloom
ESA · 13d ago
This Month at ESA: April 2026