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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Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
Go to topicA 1960/1970s documentary describing the automatic documentation service offered by the European space organisations. Utilising a powerful computer reference system, Europe's first information retrieval network is based in Darmstadt, Germany. This film provides a diagram of how the European network connects, footage of contemporary computers with operators [the ESRO computer centre], an explanation of how a search is conducted using keywords, people working with keyboards, women working with small components under microscopes, printing data, conducting a microfiche search, various equipment relating to the European reference communications network.
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