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Negative photo of the 1919 solar eclipse

Charta of the European Astronaut Corps

Tour of the ISS models in the Erasmus User Centre

Workshop sessions were used to define user requirements for the tool

'Signature' of molecules

Total lunar eclipse

Why the eclipse goes west to east

Eclipse types

Newton showed that light can be split by a prism in to its different colours

The sky as it appears at microwave wavelengths

Mars Express orbiter

XMM-Newton mirror module

Stacked telescope mirrors of ESA's current XMM-Newton

Water in Orion

SOHO reveals tornadoes on the Sun

XMM-Newton spacecraft

Colombia disappears into the distance

A trail of smoke marks the path of the Space Shuttle Colombia

Space Shuttle Colombia passes through a clearing in the clouds

Colombia heads into the early morning sky on its way to the Hubble Space Telescope

A pin protruding from one of the solar arrays

The retraction of the first panel is a success and there are smiles all around

Antonius (Ton) Linssen at work in his corner in the 'Attached Shuttle Payload Control Center'

The nightly hand-over between the planning shift and the orbit shift

ESA's 'DQ wing crew' at the test version of Hubble's second set of solar arrays

Mars Express lift off

Mars Express lift off

An overview of the two ESA solar arrays just before they were rolled up during Servicing Mission 3B

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in orbit

NICMOS finds a golden ring at the heart of a galaxy (NICMOS image)

NICMOS finds a golden ring at the heart of a galaxy (NICMOS image)

NICMOS finds a golden ring at the heart of a galaxy (WFPC2 image)

NICMOS uncovers dust layers to show inner region of dusty nebula (NICMOS image)

Mars Express artist's view

Mars Express artist's view

29 May 2003 - The Soyuz launcher during transport to the launch pad

Europe goes to Mars

29 May 2003 - The Soyuz launcher during transport to the launch pad

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Mars Express mission logo on the fairing

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29 May 2003 - The Soyuz moves to the launch pad

Soyuz/Fregat on the launch pad

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29 May 2003 - The Soyuz launcher during transport to the launch pad

Soyuz ready to transport to the launch pad

Encapsulation of Mars Express in the fairing

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Mars Express mission logo on Soyuz

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Soyuz/Fregat on the launch pad

Soyuz/Fregat on the launch pad

Soyuz/Fregat on the launch pad

Polar plumes as seen by SOHO

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