{"id":315,"date":"2010-07-06T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/the_european_space_agency\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:26:46","slug":"the_european_space_agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/the_european_space_agency\/","title":{"rendered":"La Agencia Espacial Europea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>La Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA) se puso en marcha en 1975 y est\u00e1 constituida por 22 pa\u00edses. La mayor\u00eda de esos pa\u00edses son demasiado peque\u00f1os para participar en grandes proyectos espaciales por su cuenta.<\/p>\n<p>Al trabajar de manera conjunta con otros pa\u00edses, pueden desempe\u00f1ar un papel importante en muchas actividades espaciales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Los pa\u00edses europeos construyen ahora algunos de los cohetes y sat\u00e9lites m\u00e1s importantes del mundo. Los pa\u00edses de la ESA son tambi\u00e9n l\u00edderes en la creaci\u00f3n de sat\u00e9lites. Lo hacen a trav\u00e9s de compa\u00f1\u00edas que contribuyen al dise\u00f1o, la fabricaci\u00f3n, la prueba y el lanzamiento de sat\u00e9lites, y que por lo tanto ayudan a mejorar nuestras condiciones de vida en la Tierra. Son millones las personas que utilizan cada d\u00eda los sat\u00e9lites europeos. Nos ofrecen previsiones del tiempo, muestran el uso que se hace del suelo y nos orientan en las carreteras. Tambi\u00e9n los utilizamos para telefon\u00eda y astronom\u00eda.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"2200\" data-credit=\"ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2013\/02\/ESA_Member_States_and_Cooperating_States\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2013\/02\/esa_member_states_and_cooperating_states\/12526980-19-eng-GB\/ESA_Member_States_and_Cooperating_States.jpg\" alt=\"ESA Member States and Cooperating States\"><\/figure>\n<p>ESA has 22 Member States, marked in dark grey. The national bodies responsible for space in these countries sit on ESA\u2019s governing Council: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Los pa\u00edses miembros de la ESA son Alemania, Austria, B\u00e9lgica, Dinamarca, Espa\u00f1a, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Grecia, Irlanda, Italia, Luxemburgo, Noruega, Pa\u00edses Bajos, Polonia, Portugal, Reino Unido, Rep\u00fablica Checa, Rumania, Suecia y Suiza.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Space Agency (ESA) was started in 1975, and is made up of 22 countries. 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