The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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The Sun observed by Soho's SUMER instrument on 12/13 May 1996 in the emission line of S VI at 933 Angstrom, formed in the transition region at about 200,000 K. The picture was assembled from 9256 raster images with an exposure time of 3 s each, collected in eight alternating horizontal scans across the Sun. [Image Date: 03-12-96] [96.11.003-003]