The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
Find out more about space activities in our 23 Member States, and understand how ESA works together with their national agencies, institutions and organisations.
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ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet sitting in the left seat of the Soyuz simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre near Moscow, Russia, in October 2014.
Thomas is the flight engineer, sitting on the left of commander Oleg Novitsky and acting as co-pilot for their launch to the International Space Station and return to Earth.
Thomas is keen on sharing his experience in the run up to launch and his adventure in space – follow him and the mission via thomaspesquet.esa.int.