The European Space Science Committee (ESSC), Committee, composed of 31 scientists, virtually met for their 59th plenary meeting on the 15^th of May. The physical meeting, previously planned to be hold in Granada at the same dates, had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 crisis.

The meeting was attended by 40 participants including the ESSC members, the ESSC Secretariat, and the representatives from European and International institutions, such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Commission (EC), the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and the Space Studies Board and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (SSB).