The European mission control centre near Munich, Germany, is set to undergo a transformation into a Moon mission control centre, tasked with supporting operations for missions to a lunar space station, the lunar surface and beyond.
Today marks a significant step forward as a letter of intent was signed between ESA, the German Aerospace Center DLR and the Free State of Bavaria to collaborate on the development of lunar mission control capabilities at ESA's Columbus Control Centre (Col-CC) in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
Left to right: ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, Minister-President of Bavaria Marcus Söder, DLR Divisional Board Member for Space Anke Pagels-Kerp, Director of DLR's Space Operations and Astronaut Training Felix Huber.