The woman at the top of the European Space Agency

Elodie Viau is the only female Director at the European Space Agency - she looks after Telecommunications and Integrated Applications and is also Head of ECSAT (European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications)

She talks to broadcaster Kim McAllister and space expert Dr Murray Collins about the Moonlight Programme and how ESA is planning to support missions to the Moon and Mars.

If you would like to visit the artists' space installation in Edinburgh, visit https://inspace.ed.ac.uk/

Great British Lift Off is a Connect production sponsored by The Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Data Driven Innovation Programme.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council part of UK Research and Innovation  is proud to co-sponsor The Great British Lift-off.
As well as leading on UK space missions, we support business-driven innovation, by opening our doors to companies of all sizes. We offer access to our facilities, equipment, expertise and networks to accelerate the route to market for new disruptive technologies up in space and down on earth. Your partner in space. 

For more about how we support business:

• Edinburgh: http://higgscentre.org/
• Harwell Space Cluster: https://www.harwellcampus.com/space-cluster/
• ESA BIC UK: esa-bic.org.uk

 Th Data Driven Innovation initiative is delivered by the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University for the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal. We are an innovation network helping organisations tackle challenges for industry and society by doing data right to support Edinburgh in its ambition to become the data capital of Europe.