The European Space Agency (ESA) is an intergovernmental international organization that has been assigned by its member States the purpose of defining and conducting space research and development activities in the area of technology and applications.
1．欧洲航天局（欧空局）是一个政府间国际组织，它的成员国给它规定的任务是界定和从事技术和应用领域的空间研究和开发活动。