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Europa 2 space rocket - Euro Space Center (Transinne/BE)

Europa 2 rocket intended for launch F-14.

 

The Europa rocket was an early expendable launch system of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO), which was the precursor to the European Space Agency (ESA). It was developed with the aim to delivering space access technology, and more specifically to facilitate the deployment of European-wide telecommunication and meteorological satellites into orbit.

 

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Transinne - Euro Space Center

 

Euro Space Center - a science museum and educational tourist attraction located in Transinne, Belgium. It is devoted to space science and astronautics. The centre includes simulators of space flight and micro-gravity, various space craft models and space exploration objects. It is also the home of the only full-scale mock-up of a U.S. Space Shuttle existing in Europe, named Amicitia.

 

Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_Space_Center.

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Richard Poppelaars

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Uploaded on January 15, 2019
Taken on May 10, 2013