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's Erasmus centre for human spaceflight and microgravity research being explored by visitors to the Sunday 4 October 2015 ESTEC Open Day. To the right can be seen a full-sized replica of Europe's Columbus module attached to the International Space Station, with a model ISS hanging from the ceiling. To the far left are cutaway scale models of ESA's ATV and NASA's crewed Orion spacecraft, to which ESA is contributing the ATV-derived service module.
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