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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Red blood cells undergoing hemolysis after 30 minute exposure to 7.5 g hypergravity in ESA's Large Diameter Centrifuge. The latest international group to employ the LDC is an all-female team from from Universidad Católica Boliviana ‘San Pablo’in La Paz, Bolivia, with access sponsored by the United Nations as well as ESA. The researchers are investigating whether the high gravity levels experienced during rocket launches might contribute to the anemia afflicting many astronauts in space.