06/10/2026
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Worldwide cooperation remained on the coronary heart of ESA’s participation within the 77th Worldwide Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye, as ESA Director Basic Josef Aschbacher held a sequence of high-level conferences with companions from world wide. The exchanges mirrored ESA’s dedication to strengthening current partnerships whereas broadening cooperation with each established and rising house actors.
The second day of IAC 2026 underscored the significance of worldwide cooperation as a cornerstone of ESA’s method to the way forward for house.
Among the many day’s key engagements was a bilateral assembly with NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson. On this event, Josef Aschbacher acquired a commemorative plaque containing Zinnia elegans and Capsicum annuum seeds flown across the Moon aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission.
One other vital engagement introduced collectively the management groups of ESA and the Indian House Analysis Organisation (ISRO). “Following an extension of our cooperation settlement signed a pair weeks in the past, ESA and ISRO took the primary steps to debate what an expanded cooperation in house may seem like between the 2 companies. From human spaceflight and lunar exploration to local weather and science missions, Europe and India are turning long-standing partnership into concrete alternatives for the way forward for house”, stated Josef Aschbacher.
ESA’s delegation, led by the Director Basic, additionally held a bilateral assembly with representatives of the United Arab Emirates house sector.
On the finish of the primary day, conferences have been additionally held with Performing President of the Canadian House Company Jean-Claude Piedboeuf and Enrico Palermo, Head of the Australian House Company.
In parallel, the ESA sales space continued to host discussions on key points shaping the way forward for house. Among the many highlights was the panel dialogue on Massive Constellations in LEO: Balancing Market Progress, Authorized Governance and the Sustainable Use of Orbit, moderated by the Head of ESA’s Authorized Division Gisela Süss and the Head of ESA’s House Economic system and Industrial Coverage Division Charlotte Mathieu. It introduced collectively representatives from the UK House Company, the German House Company at DLR, the Portuguese House Company and Novaspace.
See extra of ESA’s IAC 2026 exhibition within the photograph gallery beneath: