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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The setup in the Russian Zvezda module on the International Space Station shortly before the docking of Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle Georges Lemaître (ATV-5).
ATV-5 carried almost 6.6 tonnes of supplies to the International Space Station, including a record amount of dry cargo – around 2682 kg.
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst took this picture during his six-month Blue Dot mission running experiments and maintaining the world's weightless research centre in space.
He Tweeted the image with the text "My office".
Follow Alexander via alexandergerst.esa.int