Ministers in charge of space activities within the 20 ESA Member States and Canada will meet in Luxembourg on 2 December to take key decisions in particular on the European Participation in the ISS Exploitation Programme and the future European strategy for exploration.

This video explains the role of ESA in the International Space Station and what are the plans now for sustaining engineering activities, astronaut training and, in cooperation with NASA, participating in Orion, the Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle Programme. It includes an interview with Thomas Reiter, Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations, ESA.