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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Parts of Europe and Africa are easily recognisable in this night image shot by one of the Expedition 25 crew members aboard the International Space Station flying 350 km above Earth on 28 October 2010. The view 'looks' northward over Sicily and the 'boot' of Italy, with the Mediterranean Sea representing most of the visible water in the view and the Adriatic Sea to the right of centre. Tunisia is partially visible at left. Part of a docked Russian spacecraft and other components of the ISS are in the foreground. NASA photo ISS025-E-009840