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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The International Space Station as the STS-116 Space Shuttle Discovery mission undocked after the P5 truss section was added. During the mission the Station's electrical supply was rewired and the P6 solar array was retracted. This image was taken shortly after Space Shuttle Discovery undocked at 23:10 CET on 19 December 2006.