# @europeanspaceagency on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKSIql6MWUw - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35582135-europeanspaceagency-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/68430949de.jpg - **Posted:** 2025-05-30T15:50:00.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** J.L.Lopez (@xandler80) — https://gondola.cc/xandler80 ## Caption 50 years together! 🚀 On 30 May 1975, ten founding Member States came together to sign the ESA Convention, and we officially began our journey as the European Space Agency. Since then, we’ve launched satellites, explored distant worlds, watched over our planet, gazed into the early Universe, and supported astronauts on their journeys into orbit and beyond. For five decades, we’ve been proud to serve Europe as its space agency, turning bold ideas into breakthrough missions. This anniversary is not only a time to reflect on how far we’ve come. It’s also a moment to look ahead — to the next generation of explorers, discoveries and innovations. Swipe through to explore some of the missions and milestones that have shaped our journey so far. And now we’d love to hear from you! - What’s your favourite "ESA moment" from the past 50 years? - What would you love to see us do in the next 50? Share your thoughts in the comments! Here’s to the next 50 years of space for Europe… and for everyone. 📸 Ariane 6 first liftoff: europeanspaceagency - S. Corvaja 📸 Orion and the European Service Module: nasa 📸 Webb image of the Cosmic Cliffs in Carina: NASA, ESA, canadianspaceagency, and space_telescopes; creativecommons BY 4.0 📸 Nitrogen dioxide from Sentinel-5P: contains modified copernicus_eu Sentinel data (2018), processed by KNMI, CC by-SA 3.0 IGO 📸 Rosetta, rendezvous with a comet: ESA/Rosetta/NavCam – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 📸 Planck's view of the cosmic microwave background: ESA/Planck Collaboration 📸 First Vega launch: ESA - S. Corvaja 📸 First Galileo satellites: ESA, cnes_france, Arianespace, Optique Video du CSG, P. Baudon 📸 The Columbus module of the ISS: NASA 📸 Titan's surface: ESA/NASA/nasajpl/uarizona 📸 Mars Express arrives at Mars: ESA 📸 Umberto Guidoni, our first ISS astronaut: NASA 📸 The Hubble Deep Field: Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) and NASA/ESA; CC BY 4.0 📸 ERS-1 under test: ESA 📸 Hipparcos testing: ESA 📸 Comet Halley close up: ESA/MPS 📸 Ulf Merbold inside Spacelab-1: NASA/ESA 📸 Ariane L01: ESA/CNES/Arianespace 📸 Meteosat-1 first image: ESA 📸 ESA Convention: ESA ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 50,420 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 202 ## Credits These are the roles credited on Gondola. Credits may be incomplete. A brand, account owner, or featured person is not necessarily the creator. | Name | Username | Profile | Role | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ESA - European Space Agency | @europeanspaceagency | https://gondola.cc/europeanspaceagency | Government Organization | | J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Producer | | J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Editor | | J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Social Media Manager | | J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Publisher | | J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Copywriter | | J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Community Manager | --- Copyright (c) Gondola