The ongoing collaboration between the UK and ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Germany is playing a key role in the success of numerous pioneering space activities.
These missions – which cover space science, exploration, space safety and Earth observation – were highlighted today as part of a UK government visit to the mission control facility.
As part of the visit, UK Science Minister George Freeman received a tour of ESOC’s facilities, found out about ESA's Space Safety programme and met with members of the UK workforce.
In this photo, Minister Freeman is pictured with ESA's Director of Operations, Rolf Densing, with a model of comet 67P, famously visited by ESA's Rosetta mission.