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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A view of the International Space Station's Destiny module taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst during his six-month Blue Dot mission in 2014. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman can be seen cleaning the Space Station, a chore all astronauts do every Saturday.
Launched on 7 February 2001 on Space Shuttle Atlantis, the American module is the heart of the non-Russian part of the Station according to ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. The module allows experiments to be performed in many disciplines, from biology to physics, and includes a rack for burning liquids in weightlessness and the European Microgravity Science Glovebox.