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 topicThank you for liking
You have already liked this page, you can only like it once!
ESA astronaut Timothy Peake during a live video link from the Neemo base with the UK Space Environment Conference, in Aberdeen, Scotland. Tim also spoke to A-level students and the general public at Leicester’s National Space Centre, United Kingdom, on 20 July 2012.
He explained that the crew of astronauts and scientists living 20 m below sea level for 12 days tested potential methods and tools for future manned missions to an asteroid.
The increased pressure in the habitat was useful to perform educational demonstrations in the ‘Science under pressure’ series
This picture was taken by ESA astronaut trainer Hervé Stevenin diving outside the Aquarius. Tim is showing Hervé to his audience via an iPad camera.