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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Spacewalks, science, plumbing, robots, exercise and maintenance. All in a day's work for ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano.
Watch the highlights of his first three months on the International Space Station as part of Expedition 36. On 10 September 2013 his Volare mission entered the second phase as Expedition 36 became Expedition 37.
As they are only halfway through their mission, Luca and fellow astronauts Karen Nyberg and Fyodor Yurchikhin have a lot more work facing them before their return to Earth on 10 November.