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Inside the Groningen Discovery Truck


Date: 21 January 2009
Depicts: Groningen Discovery Truck
Location: Outside UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
Copyright: ESA

The Groningen Discovery Truck is filled with hands-on experiments dealing with infrared radiation, with a scale model of the Herschel spacecraft on display. ESA Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain, and the Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, David Southwood, were amongst the many visitors during the IYA opening ceremony on 15-16 January 2009.
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