From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Oct 04 2007 - 05:53:20 PDT
>From: "ESA" <contactesa_at_esa.int>
>Reply-To: ContactEsa_at_esa.int
>Subject: [esa_general] ESA pays tribute to 50 years of space
>Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:44:11 +0100
>
>Fifty years ago today, on the night of 4 October the first ’beep-beep’ from
>Sputnik fell from the heavens and marked the beginning of a new era for the
>human race.
>Since the beginning of the year, ESA has been looking at the achievements
>of some of these key actors in space and describing the many advances that
>have been made in space science and technology, from access to space and
>Earth observation to the exploration of planets and of the wide universe.
>Learn more at:
>
>http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Space_Year_2007/index.html
>
>See also our animation: 50 years in pictures:
>
>http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/50_years_of_space/
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