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's Columbus space laboratory taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst during his spacewalk 7 October 2014.
Alexander Tweeted the image with the text: "Isn't she a beauty? ESA's Columbus module with the newly installed RapidScat."
NASA's RapidScat module is visible on the right and monitors ocean winds for weather predictions, including hurricane monitoring.
The International Space Station is a collaboration between five space agencies, sharing resources and time to run out-of-this-world experiments.
Read more about Alexander's six-month Blue Dot mission at http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Blue_dot
Follow Alexander here: http://alexandergerst.esa.int/