Dr Josef Aschbacher became the ESA Director General on 1 March 2021. In 2023, his mandate as Director General was approved for a further period of four years as from 1 March 2025. Born in Austria, Josef Aschbacher studied at the University of Innsbruck, graduating with a Master's degree and a PhD in natural sciences.
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Director General of the European Space Agency
The Director General of the European Space Agency is the highest-ranked official of the European Space Agency, a space agency formed by the collaboration of prominent European nations. Wikipedia
Term length: At the pleasure of the European Space Agency Council
The ESA Council appointed Dr Aschbacher in December 2020 as the next Director General of ESA, for a period of four years. He succeeds Prof. Jan Wörner, whose ...
Born in Austria, I studied at the University of Innsbruck, graduating with a Master's and a Doctoral degree in natural sciences and became a research scientist ...
Director General Josef Aschbacher presents this year's key milestones from ESA HQ in Paris: in 2024, Europe will regain its autonomous access to space, with ...