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
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
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The ISS Expedition 16 crew (wearing green shirts) and the STS-123 crew (blue shirts) pose for family portrait inside ESA's Columbus module.
Clockwise, from the left are: Russian flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko, NASA pilot Greg Johnson, NASA mission specialist Bob Behnken, NASA flight engineer Garrett Reisman, NASA STS-123 commander Dominic Gorie, NASA ISS commander Peggy Whitson, ESA flight engineer Léopold Eyharts, NASA mission specialists Mike Foreman and Rick Linnehan, and JAXA mission specialist Takao Doi.