Ministers in charge of space activities from the 22 ESA Member States, plus Slovenia and Canada met to decide on future space activities for Europe in Lucerne, on 1-2 December 2016 during the ESA Council meeting at Ministerial Level.
From left: Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, State Secretary, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, Switzerland; Begona Cristeto Blasco, Chairlady of the Ministerial Council, Vice Minister for Industry and SMEs, Spain; Jan Woerner, ESA Director General; and Franco Bonacina, ESA Director General’s Spokesperson and Head of ESA Communication Department.