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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Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
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Helen Sharman (UK) was the first Briton in space, flying on Soyuz TM-12 in 1991 to visit the Mir space station. She spent 8 days on Mir with cosmonauts Anatoly Artsebarsky and Sergei Krikalev. The flight was called 'Juno', and Project Juno was a cooperative arrangement between the Soviet Union and a group of British companies.
The logo features a flying goose, taken from the Greek myth of Aphrodite's chariot being drawn by geese, and that of the Temple of Juno in Rome which was guarded by geese.