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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The 10-day Eneide Mission to the International Space Station (ISS) came to a successful conclusion when the Soyuz TMA-5 command module, carrying Italian ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori and the ISS Expedition 10 crew, touched down early morning 25 April 2005 near the town of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan at 04:07 local time (00:07 Central European Summer Time) after a return flight of just over three hours.