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Antennas at the European Space Agency's Redu ground station, Ardennes, Belg. European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Ger. The Giotto space probe, developed and launched by the European Space Agency for a flyby of Halley's Comet in 1986. European Space Agency officials tracking Mars Express and Beagle 2 from the main control room of the European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Ger.
The plan to protect Earth from hazardous asteroids
Space exploration and the European Space Agency Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko photographed by Rosetta spacecraft first photograph taken on a comet's surface The European Space Agency's Venus Express launch rocket prior to liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The craft launched on Nov. 9, 2005, and arrived at Venus on April 11, 2006. Rosetta spacecraft

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Type Description Contributor Date
Corrected display issue. Mar 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Space.com - European Space Agency: Facts & Information. Dec 30, 2022
Media added. Jan 22, 2019
Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - The History of the European Space Agency. May 10, 2018
Noted that Estonia and Hungary had become full members. Sep 18, 2017
Added video. Feb 10, 2015
Poland and Romania added to list of ESA members. Material about Estonia, Hungary, and Slovenia preparing to join ESA added. Dec 20, 2012
Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." Aug 03, 2010
Updated for launch of Planck and Herschel satellites. May 14, 2009
Updated member countries, research locations, and organization's history. Dec 31, 2008
Media added. Dec 31, 2008
Added new Web site: Official Site of European Space Agency. Apr 12, 2006
Added new Web site: Official Site of European Space Agency. Apr 12, 2006
Article revised. Dec 07, 2001
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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