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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ESA astronaut trainer Hervé Stevenin on a first dive to the Neemo underwater base.
Neemo missions train astronauts for life in space. Living and working in an underwater base is similar to space stations. During a 10-day mission ESA astronaut Tim Peake and six crewmates will live in cramped conditions, perform ‘waterwalks’ and will have to solve problems as a team.
The underwater base is almost 20 m under the sea off the coast of Florida.