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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Vice President George Bush (centre) in front of the Spacelab Engineering Model with ESA astronaut Claude Nicollier (left), at Kennedy Space Center, February 1982. At right are Spacelab-1 back-up Payload Specialist Wubbo Ockels of the Netherlands, James McCulla, Public Services Branch, NASA Headquarters, and James C. Harrington, Director of the NASA Spacelab Program. Behind, NASA astronaut Owen Garriott stands in the Spacelab Module.