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.
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ESA team leader for research Jennifer Ngo-Anh speaks to press during the launch of the first joint long-term bedrest study between ESA and US space agency NASA set to investigate the potential of artificial gravity in mitigating the physiological effects of spaceflight. The study will run for 89 days at the German Aerospace Center's (DLR) :envihab facility in Cologne, Germany.