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Space Heritage Image Project © ESA

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

The ESRIN site under construction in early 1970 with crane in the background © ESA ECSR

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

ESA SP publications © ESA ECSR

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

Cover of Technical Report © ESA ECSR

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

Altitude test in Germany, 1967 © ESA ECSR

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

ELDO negatives © ESA ECSR

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

Press kit for L01 © ESA ECSR

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

ESA F 26 for Eureca © ESA ECSR

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

Cover of the 1972 ESRO General Report © ESA

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