Overview of the contribution to the International Space Station from Europe
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Europe was planning to contribute one of three labs for Space Station Freedom, before that project was evolved into the ISS project in the 1990s.ESA Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti next to the ISSpresso experimental beverage makerDutch ESA astronaut André Kuipers gazes out the ISS Earth observation window, 2004German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst on EVA as part of Expedition 41
The European contribution to the International Space Station comes from 10 members of the European Space Agency (ESA) and amounts to an 8% share in the programme. It consists of a number of modules (primarily the Columbus laboratory) in the US Orbital Segment, ATV supply ships, launchers, software and €8 billion.
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