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Go to topicESA Highlights 2011
This video recalls all the important ESA missions which took place in 2011, a year to remember in particular with the historical first launch of the legendary Soyuz from Europe'Spaceport in French Guyane..
From Paolo Nespoli and Roberto Vittori to André Kuipers, not forgetting ATV 2, Galileo IOV satellites and MARS 500 experiment, a look back at 2011.
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