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Welcome Hungary, 22nd ESA Member State!
Üdvözöljük Magyarországot, az ESA 22-dik tagállamát!
Hungary signed the Accession Agreement to the ESA Convention on 24 February 2015. The signing ceremony took place at the Palace of Arts in Budapest with ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and Hungarian Minister of State for Infocommunication and Consumer Protection, Mr Ákos Kara. Upon ratification, Hungary will become the 22nd ESA Member State.
This image of the area around Hungarian capital Budapest was taken from space by ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti as winter approached at the end of December.