#mars express

The first ESA mission logo design standard existed from around the early 2000s to 2009

These logos were squares rotated at a 45º angle, usually have a dark blue background, have the ESA logo on the top corner and the mission name on the bottom right corner, and have some sort of unique design in the square for their mission. Some of these missions have newer logos as their missions have operated through different design eras.

The second era of ESA's brand design was from 2009-2020. This change was intended to prepare ESA's brand for digital media, as the shift to media online was happening at the time.

ESA introduced new fonts that would be used on everything, including the mission logos. The fonts NotesESA and NotesStyle are still used today in ESA's current brand era from 2020-.

These featured a circular background, with a design ment to signify if it was a solar system exploration mission or an astronomy mission. Over the circle is a design of the spacecraft, with a red gradient. The mission name is to the left in the NotesStyle font.

The current design standard was introduced in 2020, and still incorporated many of the design elements of the previous desings, such as the fonts and mission logos.

ESA would introduce new colors that signify the type of mission it is. This was also the first time all missions and programs share the same logo standard, not just the science missions.