Jean-Jacques Dordain will continue to serve as director general of the European Space Agency (ESA) for another four years, the agency announced June 22. Dordain joined ESA in 1986 and has served as director general since July 2003.

The ESA Council also extended the terms of Antonio Fabrizi as director of launchers for another four years and Daniel Sacotte will hold the role of director of human spaceflight, microgravity and exploration programs for another two-year term.