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The Science Programme[1][2][a] of the European Space Agency is a long-term programme of space science and space exploration missions. Managed by the agency's Directorate of Science, The programme funds the development, launch, and operation of missions led by European space agencies and institutions through generational campaigns.
Space science is a strategic asset. With it, ESA ensures technological independence, it safeguards a European cultural identity, it supports a science-based society, and clearly demonstrates European capability and vision. ESA does what individual European nations cannot do on their own.
4 mar 2019 · Space science is defined here in a broad sense, including the observation of the Universe, planetary science, solar science, study of the space environment, and scientific experiments that can be carried out from a spacecraft.
5 lis 2014 · The ESA Science Programme is foremost science-driven. All Member States contribute pro-rata to their Net National Product (NNP) providing budget stability and allowing long-term planning of its scientific goals. For this reason, the Science Programme is called ‘mandatory’.
How a mission is chosen. The ESA scientific programme is based on a continuous flow of projects that fulfil its scientific goals. These projects are identified and selected using the mechanism of the open call. Whenever appropriate, and compatible with the programme goals and constraints, ESA issues a call for proposals for new science missions.
The International Space Station is a platform for scientific research that requires one or more of the unusual conditions present in low Earth orbit (for example microgravity, -radiation and extreme temperatures).
Physical Sciences is the study of the underlying laws and behaviour of nature through space and time. It covers fundamental physics that look at the space environment to make very precise measurements of time and distance, and tiny deformations of our space-time, to study fundamental laws (the equivalence principle, law of gravity and quantum ...
