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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Waiting inside the Rassvet module to greet their new Expedition 59 crewmates are (foreground to back) flight engineers David Saint-Jacques and Anne McClain and commander Oleg Kononenko. New Expedition 59 flight engineer Alexey Ovchinin peers into the International Space Station moments after opening the hatch to the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch (out of frame) would soon fly into the orbital lab for the first time.