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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Astronaut James Newman on the second of three spacewalks during the STS-88 mission, working on the Zarya (background) and Unity modules of the International Space Station. During this EVA, Newman and Jerry Ross installed two S-band Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System antennas on Unity's port and starboard hatches to provide full communications coverage. Newman is on the end of the Remote Manipulator System arm, with the 32-tonne complex towering over Endeavour's cargo bay. This electronic still camera frame was recorded at 02 [Image Date: 10-12-98] [98.12.010-012]