Aurora programme
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The Aurora programme was a human spaceflight programme of the European Space Agency established in 2001. The objective was to formulate and then to implement a European long-term plan for exploration
Artist's concept, used by ESA in materials about Aurora, that shows astronauts walking on Mars during a dust storm
Model of the ExoMars rover in 2006
ExoMars TGO launches in 2016
Artist's concept of a Mars sample-return mission
European Space Agency
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The European Space Agency is a 23-member international organisation devoted to space exploration. It has its headquarters in Paris and a staff of around 3,000 people globally as of 2025. ESA was found
Aurora programme
…The Aurora programme (sometimes called Aurora Exploration Programme, or simply Exploration Programme) was a human spaceflight programme of the European Space Agency (ESA) established in 2001. The objective was to formulate and then to implement a European long-term plan for exploration of the Solar System using robotic…
European Space Agency headquarters in Paris
Europa II rocket (larger horizontal rocket in the background), Skylark sounding rocket (front centre-left), and a model of the Ariane 4 orbital rocket (to the right from Skylark) at Euro Space Center
Pierre Auger (far left) visiting the European Space Research and Technology Centre ESTEC on 3 February 1967
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) observing the Sun