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 ISS Expedition 16 resident crew poses in the Japanese logistics module of the Kibô laboratory at the end of the STS-123 mission. On top is NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, the Expedition 16's commander, on the left is ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts, departing with STS-123, on the right is his successor NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, who was brought by STS-123, and below is Russian astronaut Yuri Malenchenko.