Observing Solar Coronal Mass Ejections from Space

In this contribution to the panel discussion of the IAU Symposium 388 “Solar and Stellar Coronal Mass Ejections”, I concentrate on white-light observations of solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from space and specifically address the following aspects: i) history of observations, ii) available catalogs of CMEs, iii) achievements of space observations of CMEs, iv) future of CME observation, and v) challenges and future directions.