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European Space Agency

(Encyclopedia)European Space Agency (ESA), multinational agency dedicated to the promotion, for exclusively peaceful purposes, of cooperation among European states in space research and technology. Member states in...

European Space Operations Center

(Encyclopedia)European Space Operations Center (ESOC): see European Space Agency. ...

European Space Research Institute

(Encyclopedia)European Space Research Institute (ESRIN): see European Space Agency. ...

European Space Research Organization

(Encyclopedia)European Space Research Organization (ESRO): see European Space Agency. ...

European Astronaut Center

(Encyclopedia)European Astronaut Center (EAC): see European Space Agency. ...

European Space Research and Technology Center

(Encyclopedia)European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC): see European Space Agency. ...

European Launcher Development Organization

(Encyclopedia)European Launcher Development Organization (ELDO): see European Space Agency. ...

Webb Space Telescope

(Encyclopedia)Webb Space Telescope or James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), is an infrared space telescope, the largest in space at its launc...

space station

(Encyclopedia)space station or space platform, artificial earth satellite, usually manned, that is placed in a fixed orbit and can serve as a base for astronomical observations; zero-gravity materials processing; s...

news agency

(Encyclopedia)news agency, local, national, international, or technical organization that gathers and distributes news, usually for newspapers, periodicals, and broadcasters. From 1915 until the 1940s, news age...