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Space News May 14, 2009

Herschel – The largest space observatory on its way

Photo: Herschel TodayÂ´s Ariane 5 Launch from Kourou marks the 30th successful launch in a row Astrium builds the world’s largest space telescope Instruments can…

Space News May 13, 2009

Herschel and Planck launcher at launch pad

At around 13:40 CEST today, 8:40 at the launch site in Kourou, the Ariane 5 carrying Herschel and Planck rolled out onto the launch pad…

Space News April 29, 2009

Satellite imagery shows fragile Wilkins Ice Shelf destabilised

28 April 2009 Satellite images show that icebergs have begun to calve from the northern front of the Wilkins Ice Shelf â€“ indicating that the…

EXTRA NEWS April 22, 2009

Fly your Thesis! 2010 call for proposals

22 April 2009 ESAâ€™s Education Office is offering European students the flights of a lifetime with the 2010 call for proposals for the â€œFly your…

Space News March 25, 2009

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,…

Space News March 16, 2009

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….

Space News March 11, 2009

ESA’s gravity satellite moves to launch pad

With liftoff just five days away, ESA’s GOCE spacecraft â€“ encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing â€“ has been transported from the…

Space News March 9, 2009

GOCE satellite launch â€“ mapping the Earthâ€™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 Earthâ€™s gravitational field with…

Space News February 24, 2009

Watching Venus glow in the dark

24 February 2008 ESAâ€™s Venus Express spacecraft has observed an eerie glow in the night-time atmosphere of Venus. This infrared light comes from nitric oxide…

Space News February 19, 2009

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…

Space News February 18, 2009

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…

Space News February 12, 2009

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…

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