Title
Brochure entitled 'Mars Express and Beagle 2'
Reference
ADS/B/02/08
Production date
2003 - 2003
Creator
- EADS AstriumBiographyBiography
EADS Astrium was a satellite manufacturer and subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, EADS later Airbus. It was formed, as Astrium, in 2000 by the merger of Matra Marconi Space, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace and Computadoras, Redes e Ingeniería. The new company was a joint venture between EADS and BAE Systems until 2003 when the British company sold its stake. This led to the company being reorganised to become EADS Astrium with EADS as its sole shareholder. In 2004 CASA Espacio became part of the company. During 2013 Cassidian and Airbus Military were merged with EADS Astrium during a reorganisation of EADS. This led to the creation of Airbus Defence and Space within the newly created Airbus Group.
Scope and Content
A brochure produced by Astrium entitled 'Mars Express and Beagle 2: The First European Mission to Mars' containing details of the European Space Agency mission and the Beagle 2 lander.
Extent
1 item
Language
English
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science Museum, London
Associated people and organisations
- European Space AgencyBiographyBiography
The European Space Agency (ESA) was created in 1975, by the merging of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) and European Space Research Organisation (ESRO). ESA had ten founding member states: Belgium, Denmark, France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Today it is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space and headquartered in Paris. ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station programme); the launch and operation of uncrewed exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana. The main European launch vehicle Ariane 5 is operated through Arianespace with ESA sharing in the costs of launching and further developing this launch vehicle. The agency is also working with NASA to manufacture the Orion Spacecraft service module that will fly on the Space Launch System.
The European Space Agency Science Programme is a long-term programme of space science and space exploration missions.
Conditions governing access
Open Access
Conditions governing Reproduction
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