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.
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ESA astronauts Andreas, Samantha, Thomas and Timothy at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, in Russia, on 17 October 2014.
Andreas Mogensen is assigned to be launched on a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in September 2015 for a mission to the International Space Station. This 10-day mission will be Andreas’s first flight into space and the first ever space mission by a Danish astronaut.
Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut, flew on the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft to the International Space Station that was launched 12 November 2014 as part of Expedition 42/43.
Thomas Pesquet, French astronaut, is assigned to be launched in 2016 for a long-duration mission to the Station.
Tim is training for his own long-duration mission to the Station at the end of November 2015. He will be the first British ESA astronaut to visit the Space Station.