Oh, what a night! On Friday, 8 September 2017, ESA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the ESOC mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany. “Long Night of the Stars” was only the fourth open-door event in ESOC’s history, but was by far the largest with some 5000 people welcomed on site. It was a blast! 🙂
#ESOC50 Long Night of the Stars
On 8 September 2017, ESA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the ESOC mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany. Fifty years ago, the European Space operations Centre was inaugurated in Darmstadt and since then, the centre has become known Worldwide as Europe’s ‘Gateway to Space’. ESOC was inaugur…