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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Bedrest volunteer during a leg scan in Toulouse, France. This volunteer will spend three weeks in bed with his body tilted 6° below the horizontal. He may not stand up unless an experiment demands it and must perform all daily activities in bed, including eating, showering and exercising.
Bedrest studies can answer questions on how our bodies adapt to living in space and dapt to growing old.