What an honour to attend Countdown to COP30: Mobilising Action for Climate and Nature. For decades, I have deeply admired His Majesty King Charles for his unwavering commitment to environmental advocacy – consistently championing sustainability and the protection of our planet

ESA's #Estrack network: where space speaks, and Earth listens📡We have inaugurated the New Norcia 3 (NNO3) — ESA’s fourth deep space antenna and a technological marvel. NNO3 will support flagship deep space missions like JUICE, Euclid, BepiColombo, and future missions such as

Why guess when you can know?

#Estrack: We're in New Norcia for the inauguration of @ESA's 4th deep space antenna📡 @esaoperations

Great meeting with NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy at #IAC2025. Excited for the next steps on LEO, the Moon and Mars to keep inspiring future generations from both our great continents.

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I had the opportunity to have a walk around #IAC2025 to visit the @ESA Member State booths and meet with with space agency leaders and national industry representatives. As we work towards achieving all our goals at Ministerial Council in November #CM25, it’s clear that

How’s that for a ripper?! 🇦🇺🦘 I have just learned this slang from my Aussie friends and I think it's perfect.

The approach that @ESA takes towards sustainability is multi-dimensional and holistic. It starts with looking within the activities, operations and culture at ESA, then with missions looking down at the planet and its environment, next with the sustainaibility of LEO, and finally

🌍 Global collaboration in action at #IAC2025 Here's what you missed on day 3 at the 76th International Astronautical Congress in Sydney: ✍️ We signed new agreements with Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) focused on ground stations and space weather. 🇨🇦 We met with the

My favourite part of any conference is always the chance to connect with passionate, curious minds—those who are genuinely excited about space and science. The spark in their eyes is energizing and a powerful reminder of why we do what we do: to design missions that protect our

🇰🇷This is an important moment for Europe and South Korea, opening up great opportunities for our space interests, and strengthening existing systems through cooperation. At ESA, we are excited to learn from our colleagues in the Korean AeroSpace Administration, and to share our

India is a strategic partner with enormous capacity and is precisely the type of nation that @esa and its Member States want as a partner. Today, with @isro, we discussed ways of deepening collaboration in three main areas: Exploration, Earth Observation, and Operations.

🇨🇦Canada’s long-standing expertise in space and technology is both recognised and actively sought after by the European space community, with Canadian contributions deeply embedded in ESA’s most advanced programmes – putting Canadian expertise at the heart of bold international

Today we heard confirmation that the 🇯🇵 Japanese government has taken a step closer towards formalising their contribution to launch ESA's RAMSES mission. Not only that, but the JAXA-led DESTINY+ explorer mission will launch with it and perform a fast flyby of Apophis before the

Ich danke Senatorin Vogt für ihre unschätzbare Unterstützung bei der Organisation der ESA-Ministerratskonferenz #CM25 in Bremen. Das deutsche Engagement hat entscheidend dazu beigetragen, dieses Schlüsselereignis für die Prioritäten der europäischen Raumfahrtfinanzierung zu

2️⃣ESA thrives on global partnerships and we are expanding collaboration with well-established and emerging space nations—Australia, Japan, the UAE, India—through strategic missions, programmes and activities and governance initiatives like the Zero-Debris Charter. Today’s

During the Heads of Agencies Panel, I emphasised two key messages: 1️⃣The health and sustainability of our home planet remains ESA’s north star. ESA’s Strategy 2040, developed with Member States, sets the long-term direction for European space activities. Its top priority is

Yesterday we opened #IAC2025 in Sydney 🇦🇺