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 topicA typical meal eaten by crewmembers of the Mars500 isolation study. Diet could be strictly controlled during this simulated mission to Mars and back. Fresh food ran out after a few weeks and for 520 days the crew lived on packaged food.
Results from the 2010–11 study are showing that our bodies process salt differently than previously thought.