Gallery: Striking Photos Go Deep Inside the European Space Program

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    Columbus Training Simulator, ESA-The European Astronaut Centre (Cologne, Germany)
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    Pressurised Sokol suit by Soyuz training module, Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (Star City, Russia)
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    Large Space Simulator Sun Basement, ESTEC/ESA (Noordwijk, The Netherlands)
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    Helmet of a SCAPE suit, CSG-Europe's Spaceport (Kourou, French Guiana)
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    The Automated Transfer Vehicle’s (ATV) launch campaign at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, CSG, Europe’s Spaceport (Korou, French Guiana)
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    Interior of Large Space Simulator Vaccum Chamber, ESTEC/ESA (Noordwijk, The Netherlands)
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    ATV mock-up and simulator, ESA - The European Astronaut Centre (Cologne, Germany)
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    Astronaut dressing room, where the Sokol spacesuits are stored, Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (Star City, Russia)
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    Aluminium Honeycomb Assembly, M & C Laboratory, ESTEC/ESA (Noordwijk, The Netherlands)
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    S5 payload preparation complex – spacecraft fuelling bay (CSG, Europe’s Spaceport (Korou, French Guiana)
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    Space glove, Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (Star City, Russia)
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    Acoustic testing facility, IABG (Ottobrunn, Munich)
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    Stainless steel reflector, M & C Laboratory, ESTEC/ESA, (Noordwijk, The Netherlands)
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    Moon rock of volcanic origin found by Eugene Cernan of Apollo 17 in 1972, and on loan from NASA at Space Expo, Noordwijk (The Netherlands)
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    Bepi Wires Machine Front Portrait Top (Compacted)

    Cabling used during testing of ESA’s BepiColombo spacecraft, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk (The Netherlands)
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    MLI (Multi Layer Insulation) - thermal insulation used on spacecraft, M & C Laboratory, ESTEC/ESA (Noordwijk, The Netherlands)
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