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.
Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
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Artificial intelligence is set to play a major role in future space missions. More automation can reduce ground operations, costs and eventually risks.
The next ESA astronaut in space, Alexander Gerst, will take it to the next level. He will be testing an intelligent mobile crew assistant in 2018.
In this image, Alexander follows instructions from the computer to set up a workbench microscope in the Kibo laboratory during his mission to International Space Station in 2014.