Fly your Thesis! 2010 call for proposals
22 April 2009 ESA’s Education Office is offering European students the flights of a lifetime with the 2010 call for proposals for the “Fly your…
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Fifth European Conference on Space Debris to address key issues
ESA PR 07-2009. The European Space Agency will host the 5th European Conference on Space Debris at ESA’s Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany,…
GOCE launch confirmed for Tuesday 17 March
16 March 2009Â Â The launch of ESA’s Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) has been confirmed for Tuesday 17 March at 15:21 CET….
ESA’s gravity satellite moves to launch pad
With liftoff just five days away, ESA’s GOCE spacecraft – encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing – has been transported from the…
GOCE satellite launch – mapping the Earth’s gravity as never before
9 March 2009 ESA PR 04-2009. ESA is about to launch the most sophisticated of Earth Observation satellites to investigate the Earth’s gravitational field with…
Watching Venus glow in the dark
24 February 2008 ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has observed an eerie glow in the night-time atmosphere of Venus. This infrared light comes from nitric oxide…
Second ATV named after Johannes Kepler
19 February 2009 ESA’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been named Johannes Kepler after the German astronomer and mathematician. Europe’s next unmanned logistics spacecraft…
NASA and ESA prioritise outer planet missions
18 February 2009 At a meeting in Washington last week, NASA and ESA officials decided to first pursue a mission to study Jupiter and its…
Astrium celebrates Columbus first anniversary as part of the International Space Station
Astrium underlines its competence in manned space travel Astrium trained the astronauts on how to use Columbus Astrium responsible for all industrial operations and exploitation…
Columbus, one year on orbit
Exactly one year ago today, the European Columbus laboratory arrived at its berth on the International Space Station, signalling the start of a new era…
Herschel and Planck ready to move to launch site
9 February 2009 ESA’s Herschel and Planck missions that will study the formation of stars and galaxies and the relic radiation from the Big Bang,…
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