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While we celebrate 50 years of ESA in 1975, the real ‘genesis moment’ for European space can be traced back to 1959, and the initial conversations between two celebrated physicists with a shared…

This final article for 2024 concludes our look back at 60 years of European activities in space and turns towards the beginning of the ESA era, revisiting the day when ESRO became ESA and…

As 2024 draws to an end, we continue our recent focus on the closing moments of the ELDO and ESRO era and on the last milestones on our ‘road to 1975’.

This particular story takes as its…

As 2024 draws to a close, our focus on the 60th anniversary of the creation ELDO and ESRO shifts towards the final period of ESA pre-history, and the road to the establishment of ESA in May 1975…

Throughout 2024 the ESA Archives has been marking the 60th anniversary of the creation of ESA’s forerunners, ELDO and ESRO, with news articles and related content on this portal, and openings of…

With this latest opening of historical publications, our current focus on 60 years of European cooperation in space reaches a pinnacle: from today copies of the Annual Reports issued by ESA’s…

With the start of the new academic year our publishing schedule has recommenced, and we are delighted to begin with the opening of the special collection of photographs from ESA’s predecessor ELDO…

The latest opening of material in our collections of historical publications continues our recent focus on 60 years of European cooperation in space: from today copies of the General Reports…

The latest opening of material from our collections continues our recent focus on 60 years of European cooperation in space and sheds lights on the organisation and set-up of ESA’s predecessor…

February’s Object of the Month looked back to 2014 and the celebrations of 50 years of space cooperation. The month, we go further back still…

Today we are celebrating the first anniversary of this website! We take a quick look back for a review of 2023 and recap of the material and collections that are currently available online in our…