Fifty years ago tomorrow, the European Space Operations Centre was inaugurated in Darmstadt, Germany. Since then, the centre has become known worldwide as Europe’s ‘Gateway to Space’. #ESOC50 http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESOC/Happy_birthday_ESOC #esa #esoc #control #operations #tracking #dynamics #mars #venus #earth #climate #gravity #darmstadt #engineering #stem #launch #leop #software