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Hurricane Sandy Aftermath, photography by James Pernol, DelDOT Photographer

ESA-Experte Thomas Ormston zur Erdbeobachtung

Inside Sofia

Mission teams, media, VIP guests and social media invitees were at ESA's ESOC mission control centre for the Aeolus launch on 22 August 2018. Image credit: ESA/J. Mai

Descending into the cave

Mission teams at ESOC

Images taken in space with the on-board camera showing deployment of the solar arrays and synthetic aperture radar antennas. Credit: ESA

ESA's Italien space food

ESA Envisat image of Corsica, France.

Mission control team training at ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany, 22 Feb 2018. Credit: ESA/P. Shlyaev

Learning the ropes at ESA CAVES 2012

A selection of images from the 'Long Night of the Stars', ESOC's 50th anniversary open house, on Friday, 8 September 2017. Credit: ESA/J.Mai

A selection of images from the 'Long Night of the Stars', ESOC's 50th anniversary open house, on Friday, 8 September 2017. Credit: ESA/J.Mai

Darmstadt, 3 September 2013. All photos credit: ESA/J. Mai

La capsula Soyuz atterra a Milano (Soyuz capsule lands in Milan), a temporary exhibit with the Soyuz TM-14 capsule on display. This exhibit in downton Milan, Italy, was organized by the ASI Italian space agency (17-30 Nov 2008).

mi debilidad!

The room literally felt like it electrified when we had a total of 11 astronauts with us

Screengrabs from ESA's dramatisation movie, "The Burn." In the near future, it’s just another day of routine operations at ESA’s Mission Control - or is it? Discover what happens when a critical spacecraft emergency pushes our expert teams to their limits #MakeTheBurn www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhM-bqXTKoU

Credit: ESA

Screengrabs from ESA's dramatisation movie, "The Burn." In the near future, it’s just another day of routine operations at ESA’s Mission Control - or is it? Discover what happens when a critical spacecraft emergency pushes our expert teams to their limits #MakeTheBurn www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhM-bqXTKoU

Credit: ESA

Todos los hombres se entenderían bien sin las palabras 'mio' y 'tuyo' (Proverbio italiano)

A selection of images from the 'Long Night of the Stars', ESOC's 50th anniversary open house, on Friday, 8 September 2017. Credit: ESA/J.Mai

Delivery of the Philae lander simulator to the Rosetta clean room at ESOC by our colleagues from DLR

Sunplus

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End of mission team photo

A selection of images from the 'Long Night of the Stars', ESOC's 50th anniversary open house, on Friday, 8 September 2017. Credit: ESA/J.Mai

A selection of images from the 'Long Night of the Stars', ESOC's 50th anniversary open house, on Friday, 8 September 2017. Credit: ESA/J.Mai

A selection of images from the 'Long Night of the Stars', ESOC's 50th anniversary open house, on Friday, 8 September 2017. Credit: ESA/J.Mai

A selection of images from the 'Long Night of the Stars', ESOC's 50th anniversary open house, on Friday, 8 September 2017. Credit: ESA/J.Mai

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Exploring deep shafts during ESA CAVES 2012

Parece estar divertida con algo que solo ella sabe.

Mission control team in the main control room at ESA's ESOC mision control centre on 21 Nov 2020, just a few hours prior to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: ESA/J. Mai

Gaia VIP & media launch event and control room scenes at ESOC, 19 December 2013. Credit: ESA/J. Mai