Eligibility criteria
Mission Zero
- Anyone who is 19 years old or younger at the time of submission.
- Working individually or in teams (1–4 people).
- Supervised by a teacher, mentor or parent.
- Enrolled full-time in a primary or secondary school in an ESA Member State, Slovenia, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, or Malta; or a member of a Scout Group, coding/after-school club, or certified home school located in an ESA Member State, Slovenia, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, or Malta.
- 50% of your team members must be citizens of an ESA Member State, Slovenia, Canada, Lithuania, Latvia, or Malta.
ESA Member States
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.
Further to the 22 Member States, also Canada, Latvia, Slovenia, and Lithuania based on their agreements with ESA, qualify to fully participate in the programmes of the ESA Education Office.
ESA will also accept entries from primary or secondary schools located outside an ESA Member State only if such schools are officially authorised and/or certified by the official education authorities of an ESA Member State (for instance, a French school outside Europe officially recognised by the French Ministry of Education or delegated authority).
