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Historie Evropské kosmické agentury (ESA)   Pierre Auger  The Europa rocket at the Euro Space Centre in Belgium. Europa was one of the first European launchers, developed by ELDO.   ESA logo  The first Ariane L01 sits ready for launch in December 1979, at the ELA-1 complex at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.  Giotto's launch on the last Ariane 1 from the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) at 11:23:16 UT on 2 July 1985.  An artist's impression of Huygens on Titan.  ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel completed his first ever spacewalk. The second spacewalk of the STS-122 Shuttle mission lasted six hours 45 minutes.
Shortly after the spacewalk officially started to 15:27 CET (14:27 UT), Schlegel and NASA astronaut Rex Walheim headed out of the International Space Station’s Quest Airlock.
The spacewalkers main task was to replace a nitrogen tank used to pressurise the Station's ammonia cooling system. The replacement of the tank is part of regular Station maintenance. A new nitrogen tank was carried to ISS inside Atlantis’ payload bay. Last update: 21. září 2009 |