Cosmic Vision

<p>Cosmic Vision is the third campaign of <a href="/facts/Outline_of_space_science/Q7dCLVdN">space science</a> and <a href="/facts/Space_exploration/2eKXYVdq">space exploration</a> missions in the <a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency_Science_Programme/EmQneQBL">Science Programme</a> of the <a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">European Space Agency</a> (ESA). Formulated in 2005 as <i>Cosmic Vision: Space Science for Europe 2015–2025</i>, the campaign succeeded the <a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency_Science_Programme/EmQneQBL">Horizon 2000 Plus</a> campaign and envisioned a number of missions in the fields of <a href="/facts/Astronomy/0ArJVM1p">astronomy</a> and <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_Solar_System_exploration/9UGTQRsY">solar system exploration</a> beyond 2015. Ten missions across four funding categories are planned to be launched under Cosmic Vision, with the first being <a href="/facts/CHEOPS/6x3MtloU">CHEOPS</a> in December 2019. A mission to the <a href="/facts/Galilean_moons/aN6tLUFc">Galilean moons</a> (<a href="/facts/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Explorer/XcRkV5uS">JUICE</a>), the first deep space mission with an opportunistic target (<a href="/facts/Comet_Interceptor/q58xbsSc">Comet Interceptor</a>), and one of the first <a href="/facts/Gravitational-wave_observatory/5PaoAqBg">gravitational-wave space observatories</a> (<a href="/facts/Laser_Interferometer_Space_Antenna/DAISKwem">LISA</a>), are planned for launch as part of the Cosmic Vision campaign.
</p>

Cosmic Vision open-in-new

Cosmic Vision