#50YearsOfESA
This month 50 years ago: 15 April 1975, the European Space Conference in Brussels adopts text of the Convention for a new European Space Agency, leaving just one final step before ESA could become a reality. See April's #ESAarchives #ObjectOfTheMonth
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This month 50 years ago: 15 April 1975, the European Space Conference in Brussels adopts text of the Convention for a new European Space Agency, leaving just one final step before ESA could become a reality. See April's #ESAarchives #ObjectOfTheMonth
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April 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#50YearsOfESA
This month 50 years ago: 15 April 1975, the European Space Conference in Brussels adopts text of the Convention for a new European Space Agency, leaving just one final step before ESA could become a reality. See April's #ESAarchives #ObjectOfTheMonth
🔗 historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
This month 50 years ago: 15 April 1975, the European Space Conference in Brussels adopts text of the Convention for a new European Space Agency, leaving just one final step before ESA could become a reality. See April's #ESAarchives #ObjectOfTheMonth
🔗 historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
December Object of the Month – c. 1930s Nurses Cape.
This woollen, navy-coloured nurses cape with its eye-catching bright red lining belonged to Ellen Pugh, a State Registered Nurse who completed her training in 1930.
#RCNLibraries #NurseSky #ObjectOfTheMonth #MuseumSky #HistNursing
This woollen, navy-coloured nurses cape with its eye-catching bright red lining belonged to Ellen Pugh, a State Registered Nurse who completed her training in 1930.
#RCNLibraries #NurseSky #ObjectOfTheMonth #MuseumSky #HistNursing
December 19, 2024 at 11:35 AM
December Object of the Month – c. 1930s Nurses Cape.
This woollen, navy-coloured nurses cape with its eye-catching bright red lining belonged to Ellen Pugh, a State Registered Nurse who completed her training in 1930.
#RCNLibraries #NurseSky #ObjectOfTheMonth #MuseumSky #HistNursing
This woollen, navy-coloured nurses cape with its eye-catching bright red lining belonged to Ellen Pugh, a State Registered Nurse who completed her training in 1930.
#RCNLibraries #NurseSky #ObjectOfTheMonth #MuseumSky #HistNursing
Our April #objectofthemonth is the fascinating painting by Thomas Johnson of the Cathedral Quire, dating from 1657. This is currently on display in the South Quire Aisle of the Cathedral.
Find out more ⬇️
www.canterbury-cathedral.org/thomas-johnson
© Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral
Find out more ⬇️
www.canterbury-cathedral.org/thomas-johnson
© Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral
April 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our April #objectofthemonth is the fascinating painting by Thomas Johnson of the Cathedral Quire, dating from 1657. This is currently on display in the South Quire Aisle of the Cathedral.
Find out more ⬇️
www.canterbury-cathedral.org/thomas-johnson
© Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral
Find out more ⬇️
www.canterbury-cathedral.org/thomas-johnson
© Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral
October’s #ObjectOfTheMonth from #ESAarchives digs into the handover from ESRO to ESA in 1975, seen through the lens of its 'Communication Satellites Programme Board'. More on this 'new' ESA committee👇
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historicalarchives.esa.int#oom #50YearsOfESA @eui-euarchives.bsky.social @esaconnectivity.esa.int
October 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
October’s #ObjectOfTheMonth from #ESAarchives digs into the handover from ESRO to ESA in 1975, seen through the lens of its 'Communication Satellites Programme Board'. More on this 'new' ESA committee👇
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historicalarchives.esa.int#oom #50YearsOfESA @eui-euarchives.bsky.social @esaconnectivity.esa.int
While #ESAarchives are getting ready to open historical photos from 1982 this month, here’s a sneak preview of how the year started: February's #ObjectOfTheMonth explains the mechanisms for qualification of the Ariane launcher in January 1982, 44 years ago!
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February 4, 2026 at 10:36 AM
While #ESAarchives are getting ready to open historical photos from 1982 this month, here’s a sneak preview of how the year started: February's #ObjectOfTheMonth explains the mechanisms for qualification of the Ariane launcher in January 1982, 44 years ago!
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historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
Such fantastic photos from @bharchives.bsky.social. It looks like the nurses may have turned their capes inside out. To see how bright and festive this could be - check out our object of the month: bsky.app/profile/rcnl...
#RCNLibraries #NurseSky #ObjectOfTheMonth #HistNursing #ExploreYourArchive
#RCNLibraries #NurseSky #ObjectOfTheMonth #HistNursing #ExploreYourArchive
What are your #FestiveTraditions? Do you sing carols like the nurses in this picture from Whipps Cross? Do you bring in the Yule Log every year, like these nursing students?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar #HistMed #HistNursing #YuleLog #Carols
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#ArchiveAdventCalendar #HistMed #HistNursing #YuleLog #Carols
[RLHWX/P/1/2/14-15]
December 19, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Such fantastic photos from @bharchives.bsky.social. It looks like the nurses may have turned their capes inside out. To see how bright and festive this could be - check out our object of the month: bsky.app/profile/rcnl...
#RCNLibraries #NurseSky #ObjectOfTheMonth #HistNursing #ExploreYourArchive
#RCNLibraries #NurseSky #ObjectOfTheMonth #HistNursing #ExploreYourArchive
In May's #ObjectOfTheMonth, #ESAarchives looks into the opening chapter of inter-space agency collaboration and exchange, with what we believe could be the first agreement between a European space organisation and NASA.
May 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
In May's #ObjectOfTheMonth, #ESAarchives looks into the opening chapter of inter-space agency collaboration and exchange, with what we believe could be the first agreement between a European space organisation and NASA.
Space agencies rarely operate alone – a vital part of their work is in collaboration with industry. Travel back in time to 1963 with #ESAarchives to see the first contracts that ESA’s predecessor #ESRO made with industrial partners in our March #ObjectOfTheMonth!
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historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
March 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Space agencies rarely operate alone – a vital part of their work is in collaboration with industry. Travel back in time to 1963 with #ESAarchives to see the first contracts that ESA’s predecessor #ESRO made with industrial partners in our March #ObjectOfTheMonth!
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historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
#ESAarchives kicks off 2026 with a look back at ERS-1, the first environmental monitoring satellite developed by ESA, and the origins of European Earth observation for environmental protection – more about this model too, in #ObjectOfTheMonth 👇
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January 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
#ESAarchives kicks off 2026 with a look back at ERS-1, the first environmental monitoring satellite developed by ESA, and the origins of European Earth observation for environmental protection – more about this model too, in #ObjectOfTheMonth 👇
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
There’s a lot going on in the images chosen for #ESAarchives' May #ObjectOfTheMonth! They show an ESRO/ESA stand at a 1974 German air show, but represent much more – the process of transformation and continuity through which ESRO became ESA, 50 years ago this month!
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🔗 historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
May 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
There’s a lot going on in the images chosen for #ESAarchives' May #ObjectOfTheMonth! They show an ESRO/ESA stand at a 1974 German air show, but represent much more – the process of transformation and continuity through which ESRO became ESA, 50 years ago this month!
🔗 historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
🔗 historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
How do you keep the kids occupied on rainy days during long school holidays (or even during a European heatwave)? Back in 1984, you might have reached for a board game like the one chosen by #ESAarchives as July's #ObjectOfTheMonth! 👇
July 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
How do you keep the kids occupied on rainy days during long school holidays (or even during a European heatwave)? Back in 1984, you might have reached for a board game like the one chosen by #ESAarchives as July's #ObjectOfTheMonth! 👇
We introduced our Object of the Month posts on Instagram this year to showcase our museum collections. You liked this object the most and we can see why! A super interesting item with many stories to tell!
#Wrapped24 #RCNLibraries #ObjectoftheMonth #ObjectoftheYear
#Wrapped24 #RCNLibraries #ObjectoftheMonth #ObjectoftheYear
December 23, 2024 at 5:57 PM
We introduced our Object of the Month posts on Instagram this year to showcase our museum collections. You liked this object the most and we can see why! A super interesting item with many stories to tell!
#Wrapped24 #RCNLibraries #ObjectoftheMonth #ObjectoftheYear
#Wrapped24 #RCNLibraries #ObjectoftheMonth #ObjectoftheYear
How did the first European space organisations collaborate with industry?
With March’s #ObjectOfTheMonth, #ESAarchives looks more closely at the career of George Van Reeth, who was instrumental in setting up ESRO (and later ESA) contract regulations.
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With March’s #ObjectOfTheMonth, #ESAarchives looks more closely at the career of George Van Reeth, who was instrumental in setting up ESRO (and later ESA) contract regulations.
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March 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
How did the first European space organisations collaborate with industry?
With March’s #ObjectOfTheMonth, #ESAarchives looks more closely at the career of George Van Reeth, who was instrumental in setting up ESRO (and later ESA) contract regulations.
🔗 historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
With March’s #ObjectOfTheMonth, #ESAarchives looks more closely at the career of George Van Reeth, who was instrumental in setting up ESRO (and later ESA) contract regulations.
🔗 historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
Our #ObjectoftheMonth is a diary, kept by William Henry Longhurst (1819-1904), from 1848-1850.
Longhurst was involved in the Cathedral’s musical life for 70 years.
The volume was purchased from Simon Beattie, bookseller, with a grant from the Friends of the Nations’ Libraries. @thefnl.bsky.social
Longhurst was involved in the Cathedral’s musical life for 70 years.
The volume was purchased from Simon Beattie, bookseller, with a grant from the Friends of the Nations’ Libraries. @thefnl.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our #ObjectoftheMonth is a diary, kept by William Henry Longhurst (1819-1904), from 1848-1850.
Longhurst was involved in the Cathedral’s musical life for 70 years.
The volume was purchased from Simon Beattie, bookseller, with a grant from the Friends of the Nations’ Libraries. @thefnl.bsky.social
Longhurst was involved in the Cathedral’s musical life for 70 years.
The volume was purchased from Simon Beattie, bookseller, with a grant from the Friends of the Nations’ Libraries. @thefnl.bsky.social
It was a challenge to find one image bringing all of this together! However, #ESAarchives chose the person with whom it all began, at an event celebrating 25 years of European space in the 1980s, representing all the people who contributed to this 60-year adventure!
#50YearsOfESA #ObjectOfTheMonth
#50YearsOfESA #ObjectOfTheMonth
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It was a challenge to find one image bringing all of this together! However, #ESAarchives chose the person with whom it all began, at an event celebrating 25 years of European space in the 1980s, representing all the people who contributed to this 60-year adventure!
#50YearsOfESA #ObjectOfTheMonth
#50YearsOfESA #ObjectOfTheMonth
September's #ObjectOfTheMonth from #ESAarchives is a scale model of ESA’s ‘first’ satellite, Cos-B🧪🔭
Find out what we mean by 'first', and the other firsts of this remarkable mission for the new European Space Agency, 50 years ago!
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#50YearsOfESA @science.esa.int
Find out what we mean by 'first', and the other firsts of this remarkable mission for the new European Space Agency, 50 years ago!
🔗 historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
#50YearsOfESA @science.esa.int
September 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
September's #ObjectOfTheMonth from #ESAarchives is a scale model of ESA’s ‘first’ satellite, Cos-B🧪🔭
Find out what we mean by 'first', and the other firsts of this remarkable mission for the new European Space Agency, 50 years ago!
🔗 historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
#50YearsOfESA @science.esa.int
Find out what we mean by 'first', and the other firsts of this remarkable mission for the new European Space Agency, 50 years ago!
🔗 historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
#50YearsOfESA @science.esa.int
Today kicks off Health Information Week, with a focus on Children and Young People. We’re celebrating CYP nurses with this Bird’s Nest glove puppet.
It was used by Community Children’s Nurse, Ursula Madel. Learn more about CYP nursing in our exhibition: bit.ly/3Si1Gq3
#ObjectOfTheMonth #HIW2026
It was used by Community Children’s Nurse, Ursula Madel. Learn more about CYP nursing in our exhibition: bit.ly/3Si1Gq3
#ObjectOfTheMonth #HIW2026
January 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Today kicks off Health Information Week, with a focus on Children and Young People. We’re celebrating CYP nurses with this Bird’s Nest glove puppet.
It was used by Community Children’s Nurse, Ursula Madel. Learn more about CYP nursing in our exhibition: bit.ly/3Si1Gq3
#ObjectOfTheMonth #HIW2026
It was used by Community Children’s Nurse, Ursula Madel. Learn more about CYP nursing in our exhibition: bit.ly/3Si1Gq3
#ObjectOfTheMonth #HIW2026
#ObjectOfTheMonth This lovely little diary with recipes for remedies and more belonged to a Charles William Moore, a chemist, who owned a Chemist & Druggist Shop on Bank Street, Braintree from c.1860 until 1909 and where his family actually lived above the shop. 📓🖋️
August 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#ObjectOfTheMonth This lovely little diary with recipes for remedies and more belonged to a Charles William Moore, a chemist, who owned a Chemist & Druggist Shop on Bank Street, Braintree from c.1860 until 1909 and where his family actually lived above the shop. 📓🖋️
#ESAarchives #ObjectOfTheMonth for March looks back at the first satellite in @esa.int's telecommunications programme, ECS-1, launched in 1983. Find out how the development of ECS can be traced back to the late 1960s...
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March 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
#ESAarchives #ObjectOfTheMonth for March looks back at the first satellite in @esa.int's telecommunications programme, ECS-1, launched in 1983. Find out how the development of ECS can be traced back to the late 1960s...
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom @esaconnectivity.esa.int @technology.esa.int
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom @esaconnectivity.esa.int @technology.esa.int
The close of 2025 brings to an end two concurrent years of celebration for the #ESAarchives – the 60th anniversary of the creation of ESA’s predecessors ELDO and ESRO in 2024, and our journey along the ‘road to 1975’ this year for the first 50 years of ESA.
#50YearsOfESA #ObjectOfTheMonth
#50YearsOfESA #ObjectOfTheMonth
December 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The close of 2025 brings to an end two concurrent years of celebration for the #ESAarchives – the 60th anniversary of the creation of ESA’s predecessors ELDO and ESRO in 2024, and our journey along the ‘road to 1975’ this year for the first 50 years of ESA.
#50YearsOfESA #ObjectOfTheMonth
#50YearsOfESA #ObjectOfTheMonth
The #ESAarchives April #ObjectOfTheMonth: photos of a 1970s VIP visit to Kourou organised by ESA’s predecessor European Launcher Development Organisation. Check out some very early European space merchandise put to good use on a tropical day!
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom #SpaceHistory
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom #SpaceHistory
April 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The #ESAarchives April #ObjectOfTheMonth: photos of a 1970s VIP visit to Kourou organised by ESA’s predecessor European Launcher Development Organisation. Check out some very early European space merchandise put to good use on a tropical day!
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom #SpaceHistory
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom #SpaceHistory
#ESAarchives #ObjectOfTheMonth for June has a musical theme for @fetedelamusique.bsky.social: the story behind music composed by a young European entrant to a 1980 ESA competition. Inspiration from space for your own music?🖖🤘🎼
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@spacerocksofficial.bsky.social
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
@spacerocksofficial.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#ESAarchives #ObjectOfTheMonth for June has a musical theme for @fetedelamusique.bsky.social: the story behind music composed by a young European entrant to a 1980 ESA competition. Inspiration from space for your own music?🖖🤘🎼
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
@spacerocksofficial.bsky.social
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
@spacerocksofficial.bsky.social
📈 Think you have a lot of work meetings? 🤔
Back in 1976 the 23 official ESA Council bodies met on over 100 days! Find out how this was all scheduled before the time of Excel and Teams in February’s #ObjectOfTheMonth from #ESAarchives!
Spoiler: use pen and ruler 😊
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Back in 1976 the 23 official ESA Council bodies met on over 100 days! Find out how this was all scheduled before the time of Excel and Teams in February’s #ObjectOfTheMonth from #ESAarchives!
Spoiler: use pen and ruler 😊
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February 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
📈 Think you have a lot of work meetings? 🤔
Back in 1976 the 23 official ESA Council bodies met on over 100 days! Find out how this was all scheduled before the time of Excel and Teams in February’s #ObjectOfTheMonth from #ESAarchives!
Spoiler: use pen and ruler 😊
🔗 historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
Back in 1976 the 23 official ESA Council bodies met on over 100 days! Find out how this was all scheduled before the time of Excel and Teams in February’s #ObjectOfTheMonth from #ESAarchives!
Spoiler: use pen and ruler 😊
🔗 historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
Object of the Month – Top hat, RCN Fellows medal, and OBE medal, 1970s
These items belonged to Lisbeth Hochsinger (Hockey), a Jewish refugee and brilliant nurse who fled to Britain in 1938 from the Nazi invasion of Austria.
Read her story: https://bit.ly/4uKSg7J
#ObjectOfTheMonth
These items belonged to Lisbeth Hochsinger (Hockey), a Jewish refugee and brilliant nurse who fled to Britain in 1938 from the Nazi invasion of Austria.
Read her story: https://bit.ly/4uKSg7J
#ObjectOfTheMonth
March 23, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Object of the Month – Top hat, RCN Fellows medal, and OBE medal, 1970s
These items belonged to Lisbeth Hochsinger (Hockey), a Jewish refugee and brilliant nurse who fled to Britain in 1938 from the Nazi invasion of Austria.
Read her story: https://bit.ly/4uKSg7J
#ObjectOfTheMonth
These items belonged to Lisbeth Hochsinger (Hockey), a Jewish refugee and brilliant nurse who fled to Britain in 1938 from the Nazi invasion of Austria.
Read her story: https://bit.ly/4uKSg7J
#ObjectOfTheMonth
#Objectofthemonth - The Red Ante Room welcomes back this bellissimo 1850s Italian rock crystal and cut glass chandelier, which has been cleaned and rewired. It was originally part of a pair, and its twin sibling likely still survives somewhere in Italy
February 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#Objectofthemonth - The Red Ante Room welcomes back this bellissimo 1850s Italian rock crystal and cut glass chandelier, which has been cleaned and rewired. It was originally part of a pair, and its twin sibling likely still survives somewhere in Italy