Contents 1. The life cycle of an ESA science mission and how to get involved 2. Design issues for space science missions 3. Instrumentation in X-ray Astronomy 4. EUV and UV imaging and spectroscopy from space 5. The luminosity oscillations imager, a space instrument: 6. Hipparcos and Gaia: the development of space astrometry 7. Space Physics Instrumentation and Missions 8. Planetary observations and landers