{{Coord, 50.0083278, 5.21931389, type:landmark_region:BE-WLX, format=dms, display=title Euro Space Center Monument

Euro Space Center is a

science museum A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in mu ...

and educational tourist attraction located in

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

in the village of

Transinne Transinne ( wa, Transene) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Libin, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is home to the Euro Space Centre. There is also a theme park An amusement park is a park ...

, munipality of Libin,

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. It is devoted to

space science Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider ...

and

astronautics Astronautics (or cosmonautics) is the theory and practice of travel beyond Earth's atmosphere into outer space. Spaceflight is one of its main applications and space science its overarching field. The term ''astronautics'' (originally ''astronaut ...

. The centre includes simulators of space flight and micro-gravity. It is the home of the only full-scale mock-up of a U.S.

Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program na ...

existing in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

, named ''Amicitia''.

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image:European Columbus space laboratory.jpg image:EVA and Moon suit Replica.jpg image:Replica of the NASA Space Shuttle.jpg image:MIR Space Station Scale model.jpg image:Scale model of the Ariane 5 rocket.jpg image:Belgian components for the Ariane 5 rocket.jpg image:Scale model of the Apollo Lunar Module.jpg image:Scale model of the Apollo command and service module.jpg

External links

Official website
(English)
Archived website
(English) Museums in Luxembourg (Belgium) Space-related tourist attractions Space Shuttle tourist attractions Libin, Belgium Science museums

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