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HIFI

Herchel and Planck, launch configuration

Herschel's combined Solar array and sunshade

Herschel's solar array and sunshade

Inside Herschel

Herschel’s cryostat vacuum vessel

Herschel’s sophisticated cooling system

Herschel’s sophisticated cooling system

Herschel’s sophisticated cooling system

SPIRE

PACS

Herschel’s telescope

Integrating the instruments

HIFI prepared for testing

Installation of Biopan on the exterior of the Foton re-entry capsule

Lift-off of the Foton-M3 spacecraft onboard a Soyuz-U rocket

Launch of Foton-M3 with YES2

Lift-off of the Foton-M3 spacecraft onboard a Soyuz-U rocket

Installation of Biopan on the exterior of the Foton-M3 re-entry capsule

Preparation of the Foton-M3 spacecraft in the MIK Building at Baikonur Cosmodrome

Preparation of the Foton-M3 spacecraft in the MIK Building at Baikonur Cosmodrome

Preparation of the Foton-M3 spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome

Foton-M3 hatch closure

Foton-M3 is hoisted towards rocket fairing

Foton-M3 spacecraft is placed in the fairing

The upper part of the launch vehicle is hoisted for horizontal mating. FOTON M-3 launcher assembly, MIK 112

Foton-M3 fairing and assembly, Baikonur, 12 September 2007

Roll-out of the Soyuz launcher vehicle

Soyuz moved into vertical position

Soyuz-U launch vehicle on the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome

Vega on launch pad (artist's impression)

Vega on launch pad (artist's impression)

Vega on launch pad (artist's impression)

Vega RACS contract signing participants

Cutaway diagram of a Cluster spacecraft

Ariane 5 ECA V177 waits on the launch pad

Ariane 5 ECA V177 clears the launch tower

Ariane 5 ECA V177 being transferred to launch pad

Thumbs up from ESA astronaut Jean-François Clervoy after successful completion of the trial

Thumbs up for Eurobot Wet Model

Eurobot could play an important role in EVA support - here Eurobot hands a tool to the astronaut

Astronaut training

ESA astronaut Jean-François Clervoy prepares to take part in the underwater trials with Eurobot

Eurobot is lowered into the water at EAC's Neutral Buoyancy Facility

Software coordinator in ESOC's Main Control Room

Antonio Fabrizi and Axel Roenneke sign for two FLPP contracts

Layout of the IXV

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