Range (CPTR) in 1990. In the 1990s and 2000s the following major facilities have been added: The hydraulic shaker system (HYDRA), The Fr building with additional clean rooms (2000), The Large EMC facility (Maxwell) and the QUAD Shaker in 2008. In 1997 the test operations and facilities maintenance activities were subcontracted to the COMET consortium and in the year 2000 the test management, maintenance, operations and marketing of the test centre has been taken over by European Test Services B.V. (a subsidiary of IABG mbH and Intespace SA); The facilities are still belonging to ESA which is responsible for the facility development, test methodologies, test related engineering and subcontractor control. Since the year 2000 not only tests for space industry have been performed but the facilities are also used for aerospace-, railway-, transport-, marine- and power- testing for customers like ABB, ALSTOM, Airbus, Bombardier and many more. Space Expo The Space Expo is the permanent exhibition about space exploration at the ESTEC compound in Noordwijk. It was opened in 1990 by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau. The exhibition has more than 100,000 visitors annually. See also Concurrent Design Facility Advanced Concepts Team Mission Science Division European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) European Astronaut Centre (EAC) European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) ESA Centre for Earth Observation (ESRIN) Guiana Space Centre (CSG) European Space Tracking Network (ESTRACK) References External links Space Expo, ESTEC visitor center European Test Services B.V. 1968 establishments in the Netherlands European Space Agency Noordwijk Organisations based in South Holland Research institutes established in 1968 Space technology research institutes