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Signature of Rider 1 to ESA Contract for Exomars at the ESA pavilion at the Paris Air & Space Show, 17 June 2013.
From left to right: Jean-Loïc Galle, Chief Executive Officer of Thales Alenia Space; Alvaro Giménez Cañete, ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration; Patricio Graziano, ESA Contract Officer; Walter Cugno, Exomars project Manager, Thales Alenia Space; Vincenzo Giorgio, Vice President Exploration & Science of Thales Alenia Space, Thales Alenia Space and Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General.