\<COLOUR 1> ORGANIZATION: \<COLOUR 0> ESA, the European Space Agency
\<COLOUR 1> MEMBERS: \<COLOUR 0> Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
\<COLOUR 1> MAIN FACILITIES: \<COLOUR 0> Headquarters, Paris ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk, the Netherlands ESOC - European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany ESRIN - European Space Research Institute, Frascati, Italy Main launch site - Kourou Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, South America
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Often called Europe's NASA, the European Space Agency was set up in 1975 to coordinate space activities in Europe.
