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 LUNA analogue facility, known as ESA-DLR LUNA, is a collaborative project between the European Space Agency ESA and the German Aerospace Centre DLR. It will provide a training ground for astronauts and a test centre for technology, equipping partners and users with the knowledge to go forward to the Moon. LUNA will soon be built opposite ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany.
This image shows a virtual reality (VR) model of a meeting room in LUNA.