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
Go to topicThe European Space Agency’s Columbus laboratory is scheduled for launch to the International Space Station early 2008. Over the coming years, Columbus will enable hundreds of pioneering experiments to be conducted in the weightlessness of space.
The video provides information about the peculiarity of the weightless environment on board Columbus and how it will contribute to science in weightlessness.