Inside the European Space Agency
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Interior of the Large Space Simulator Vaccum Chamber, ESTEC/ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
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Large Space Simulator Sun Basement, ESTEC/ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
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Spacecraft fuelling hall, CSG-Europe Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
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Columbus Training Simulator, EAC/ESA, Cologne, Germany
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The exterior of a Node 2 mock-up at the Erasmus centre in ESA's scientific and technical heart at ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Node 2 is a European-built module of the International Space Station (ISS) that was installed in 2007
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Pictured here is the sight up from the bottom of the 50-metre (165 feet) tall mobile launch gantry for ESA's Vega launcher in French Guiana. When preparation is complete, the 1,000 tonne gantry rolls back on rails, leaving the Vega rocket on the pad ready for launch.
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Here is seen the NIRSpec Flight Model Assembly at the ISO Class 5 Integration Facility in Ottobrunn-Munich, Germany
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The Sentinel-3A satellite during integration at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France. The open side of the satellite reveals the Synthetic Aperture Radar Altimeter’s electronic units, while its antenna (covered by orange protective material) is mounted on the exterior panel – this side of the satellite will face Earth when the satellite is in orbit.
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Manufacturing a space launcher thrust chamber at EADS Airbus Space Transportation in Ottobrunn, Germany.
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The 1.5m wide Gaia Antenna Panel, which contains the satellite’s Phased Array Antenna, is seen here inside the Antenna Test Facility at EADS CASA test facility in Madrid.
