Vilnius Space Days 2025

6 May 2025 | Vilnius, Lithuania

Stephen Airey

Head of country capability and support division

European Space Agency

Noordwijk, Netherlands

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I am responsible for the national space capability development schemes run by ESA.

My organisation

European Space Agency

European Space Agency

Association/Agency

Noordwijk, Netherlands

The European Space Agency is a 23-member international organization devoted to space exploration.
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About me

Stephen has worked in the space industry for 30 years, first in industry working on the AOCS of ESA missions and then in ESA. In ESA Stephen continued working on AOCS with a focus on hardware development and FDIR before moving to become responsible for the national space capability development schemes for European Cooperating States, Associate Members and new Member States of ESA where he has been for the last 8 years.

Interests

  • Space industry development

Speaker sessions (1)

Tuesday, 6 May 2025

10:50 - 12:00

Policy session: Space industry: current challenges and path forward

Track:Panel Discussion

The main goal of the discussion is to highlight current challenges that ESA, EU, industry and academia is facing and to discuss the path forward for Europe to live up to its ambition to play an active role in international space arena.