ESA Bion-9 mission logo

The mission logo of Russia's Bion-9 (Cosmos 2044) marked the cooperation between ESA and Moscow's Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP). Bion was launched on 15 September 1989 from Plesetsk; for full details see ESA publication SP-1190. [Image Date: 1989] [98.08.002-001]