ESA Science & Technology - ESA's Core Technology Programme <br/> Paving the way for ESA's Cosmic Vision Plan

Publication date: 30 September 2015

Year: 2015

Copyright: ESA

This brochure acts as a guide to ESA's Core Technology Programme and how it supports the Cosmic Vision Plan – ESA's mechanism for the long-term planning of space science missions.

The information featured here describes how the science directorate ensures that the technology needed to make these ground-breaking missions a reality is ready when needed. It also outlines the work the Core Technology Programme has already done toward some of the most ambitious missions in ESA's history.