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  2. National Space Centre - Wikipedia

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    Mission control for the Beagle 2 mission to Mars was based at the National Space Centre and was the first NASA or ESA mission to be run in the full view of the public. [26] Beagle 2's robotic arm, known as the PAW, was developed by a team led by the University of Leicester Space Research Group who also led on the technical design and the flight ...

  3. Television in Albania - Wikipedia

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    Albania has 3 national commercial television stations, 56 [2] local stations, 83 local cable stations and two commercial multiplexes. Of all the existing national television stations, the public broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) has the greatest reach: its signal covers 80.5% of the territory, followed by Top Channel with 79%, and ...

  4. British National Space Centre - Wikipedia

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    In November 2008, BNSC announced new contributions to ESA and an agreement in principle to establish an ESA centre at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire. [12] The ESA facility at Harwell was opened officially on 22 July 2009. [13] The name of the ESA centre is the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications.

  5. NASA - Wikipedia

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    NASA originally planned in the 1980s to develop Freedom alone, but US budget constraints led to the merger of these projects into a single multi-national program in 1993, managed by NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RKA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

  6. National Star College - Wikipedia

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    It is constituted as a company and registered charity under English law, using the official name National Star Centre for Disabled Youth. [1] In June 2012, the National Star College received an 'Outstanding' rating from Ofsted. [2] The outstanding rating was continued in the 2018 inspection. [3]

  7. Hubble Space Telescope - Wikipedia

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    The Hubble Space Telescope (HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy.

  8. National Center of Cinematography (Albania) - Wikipedia

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    The Centre of Cinematography was established in 1945 as the Agency of Albanian Films (Agjencia Shqiptare e Filmave) and in 1947 it was transformed into the Albanian Cinematographical National Company (Ndërmarrje Shtetërore Kinematografike Shqiptare). At that time all the movie theatres were nationalised, so the company was in charge of both ...

  9. Space telescope - Wikipedia

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    Wavelength sensitivity of Hubble, Webb, Roman, and other major observatories The Hubble Space Telescope, one of the Great Observatories. A space telescope (also known as space observatory) is a telescope in outer space used to observe astronomical objects.