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.
Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
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ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang (all white suit) and NASA's Robert Curbeam (suit with red stripes) work to fix the Station's jammed solar array. The P6 solar array failed to retract fully following remote control commands earlier in the mission. An extra spacewalk was added to the mission timeline in order to aid full retraction of the solar array - a major goal of the STS-116 mission.