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ESA is celebrating its 50th anniversary!

For half a century, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been serving Europe as its space agency and inspiring its citizens. On 30 May 1975, the ESA Convention was signed by 10 founding Member States and has since now expanded to 23 Member States, three Associate Members, one Cooperating State and Cooperation Agreements with four other EU states. This anniversary year provides the opportunity to reflect not only on ESA’s past achievements, but even more so on its future perspectives.

50 years of ESA
Meyrin conference, 1960
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History: Meyrin conference, 1960

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1964–2014: fifty years of European cooperation in space

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Spacelab-1/STS-9 launch
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Spacelab and 30 years of ESA astronauts

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Space Station over Earth
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Happy birthday, Space Station

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STS-55
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STS-55 anniversary

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Pedro works on PROMISS inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox
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Ten years and still going strong for Microgravity Science G…

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Andøya Rocket Range
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50 years of space for Norway

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Edwin Powell Hubble, 1889-1953
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Edwin Hubble: The man who discovered the Cosmos

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STS-46 crew
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STS-46 anniversary

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ESA BR-294 The ESA History Project

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SP-1321 cover
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ESA SP-1321 How Columbus learnt to fly

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Happy birthday, Envisat

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Best of ERS: 20 years of observing Earth

28/09/2011 3860 views 4 likes
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Atlantis landing on the Shuttle Landing Facility
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Space Shuttle final landing marks end of an era

21/07/2011 2828 views 2 likes
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Comet Halley's nucleus as seen by Giotto
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Giotto, ESA's first deep-space mission: 25 years ago

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ESA's Director General and Minister Gago at the 4th Space Forum
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Portugal marks ten years in ESA

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The STS-61A Spacelab D1 crew
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Spacelab D1 mission – 25 years ago

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The four Cluster spacecraft
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Cluster's decade of discovery

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Hubble captures view of ‘Mystic Mountain’
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Starry-eyed Hubble celebrates 20 years of awe and discovery

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Walter Naumann (in 1979)
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The first Ariane launch: reminiscences of Walter Naumann

08/03/2010 1090 views 2 likes
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Spacelab Pallet 'Elvis' in Shuttle cargo bay
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ESA hands over a piece of space history

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Ariane L01 ready for launch
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Part 4 - A race against time

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Spectacular view of Ariane from top of launch platform, 1979
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Part 3 - Preparing for the launch

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Walter Naumann (in 1979)
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Part 1 - My role in the Ariane programme

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'Snowball' fight after first Ariane launch
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Part 6 - The Ariane ‘success’ story

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The famous Renault 4L
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Part 2 - Snakes, mosquitoes and 4Ls

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First launch of Europe's Ariane in 1979
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Part 5 - A marvellous Christmas present

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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Yves Mény, EUI  President, in the new EUI archives
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Preserving corporate memory

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First colour view of Titan's surface
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Huygens landing on Titan: fifth anniversary

14/01/2010 1452 views 1 likes
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The first Ariane launch
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Thirty years of Ariane

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ESOC Main Control Room in the 1980s
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Jupiter and the MCR: 30 years of Ariane

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XMM-Newton
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XMM-Newton celebrates decade of discovery

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Oral history of Europe in space

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Giotto encounters Halley's Comet 1986
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Poster art of the space era

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Jean-Jacques Dordain receives Koyré medal
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2009 Koyré medal presented

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Earth seen by Apollo crew hours before reentry
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On this day: 50 years ago

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Earthrise seen from Apollo 11
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On this day: 50 years ago

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The plaque on Eagle's landing leg
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On this day: 50 years ago

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ESA's Director General on Apollo 11 anniversary

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V. Claros-Guerra at ESTRACK Cebreros station in 2005
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European experts operate Apollo tracking network

16/07/2009 3384 views 3 likes
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ESA wins prestigious history award

05/06/2009 780 views 0 likes
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Science & Exploration

ISS crew inspired by vision and dreams of Jules Verne

18/07/2008 1671 views 1 likes
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The next 50 years of space - Polish children present their ideas
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Polish children and students meet astronauts

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Cosmomania: journey into space history

04/10/2007 1164 views 3 likes
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50 years of Space
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ESA pays tribute to 50 years of space

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Alexei Leonov: The artistic spaceman

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Thomas Reiter
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Thomas Reiter: Europe's most experienced astronaut

04/10/2007 3651 views 4 likes
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Official Princeton University portrait of Professor Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
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Lyman Spitzer: Space telescope pioneer

06/09/2007 4229 views 3 likes
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Michael Perryman: Mapping the stars with maths

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Watching Earth from above

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