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Space Heritage Image Project © ESA
Space Heritage Image Project

The ESA Archives at the ECSR contain two major collections of images originating from the HQ and…

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The ESRIN site under construction in early 1970 with crane in the background © ESA ECSR
Special openings for 50 years of ESA

This collection is a compilation of special document openings, on topics related to the…

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ESA SP publications © ESA ECSR
ESRO/ESA SP (Special Publications)

This collection contains selected digitised references from the historical set of ‘ESRO SP’ and…

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Cover of Technical Report © ESA ECSR
ESRO Telecommunication studies

This collection consists of 35 references, the majority of which were published in both in…

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Altitude test in Germany, 1967 © ESA ECSR
ELDO Annual Reports

The process leading to the creation of ELDO, the European Launcher Development Organisation (or…

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ELDO negatives © ESA ECSR
ELDO photographs

The physical collection of ELDO photographs came to the ECSR in Frascati as an indexed and…

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Press kit for L01 © ESA ECSR
Ariane press kits

The physical collection of Ariane press kits held by the ECSR comprises a total of 115 kits for…

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ESA F 26 for Eureca © ESA ECSR
ESA F publications

The ESA F series comprised ‘folders’ with inserts, produced by the ESA Publications Division and…

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Cover of the 1972 ESRO General Report © ESA
ESRO General Reports

ESRO, the European Space Research Organisation, was founded in 1964 by 10 European nations with…

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