On May 26, 1983, the European Space Agency launched its first X-ray Observatory into space. Learn more about this moment in space history👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/zQQDd7 The spacecraft was called EXOSAT, which stands for European X-ray Observatory SATellite. The mission was entirely devoted to studying the universe by looking exclusively at X-ray radiation. Human eyes aren't capable of seeing light in X-ray wavelengths. By looking for X-rays using satellites and telescopes, astronomers c

On May 30, 1975, the European Space Agency officially opened for business. Learn more about this moment in space history👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/Mhy0Pg The European Space Agency was created as a merger of the European Launcher Development Organization, or ELDO, and the European Space Research Organisation, ESRO. Both ELDO and ESRO were established in the 1960s to unify the space-related activities of European nations. After World War II, a lot of European rocket scientists left to work