Mission Control Team and activities at ESOC (Flickr)
Images taken at ESOC, the European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany, as the teams prepare for Herschel and Planck launch, 14 May 2009.
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Go to topicImages taken at ESOC, the European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany, as the teams prepare for Herschel and Planck launch, 14 May 2009.