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David Parker was the second Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency. He succeeded David Williams who departed to work at CSIRO in Australia. Dr. Parker's appointment was announced in January 2013. His period of leadership was marked by diverse initiatives such as the creation of the UK Space Gateway at Harwell, Oxfordshire including the opening of the European Space Agency's centre in the UK, named ECSAT (European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications). A novel initiative was the creation of the International Partnership Programme to promote the use of UK satellite technology and applications in the developing world. He discussed the goals of the UK Space Agency with Space News and Civil Service World in 2015.

In April 2016, David Parker became the Director Human and Robotic Exploration at the European Space Agency (ESA). At the ESA Council of Minister meeting in Luzern later in 2016, member states accepted his proposal to create a new 'European Exploration Envelope Programme' to integrated the multiple different programmes relating to the International Space Station, ExoMars and other ongoing activities. This new programme responded to ESA's strategy for space exploration. At ESA's Council meeting at Ministerial level in 2010, ESA proposed an expanded programme to include European participation in the Lunar Gateway. The objectives of this programme include the sustained exploration of the Moon by robots and humans. In parallel, he also proposed a partnership with NASA to undertake the first robotic Mars Sample Return mission

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