On Thursday 20 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) Council finalised the Agency’s Strategy 2040, which will guide the activities of the next Ministerial Council in November.
This strategy defines ESA’s objectives in five areas. The first, ‘Protect our planet and the climate’, focuses on the development of technologies, missions, applications and services that will enable progress to be made in the fight against climate change, environmental degradation and the pressure on...