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Relive Vega's first launch on 13 February

A look back at Vega's first liftoff
 
7 March 2012   Watch this special ESA Web-TV edition on the new, small Vega rocket. Discover more about the latest member in Europe's family of launchers as we revisit its maiden flight last month and get up close and personal with Stefano Bianchi, ESA's Vega programme manager.

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Carlo Buongiorno
Special memorial to honour Italian space pioneer
 
27 February 2012   Prof. Carlo Buongiorno, co-founder of the Italian space agency ASI, played a fundamental role in the Italian space plan and marked the history of space in Europe. To honour the legacy he has left behind, such as the recent Vega maiden flight, an international memorial day took place on 27 February in Rome, Italy.
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