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Space News June 21, 2011

Johannes Kepler has left the Station

Europeâ€™s Johannes Kepler ATV cargo ferry undocked from the International Space Station today at 14:46:30 GMT (16:46:30 CEST). The craft is now leaving the orbital…

Space News May 19, 2011

AMS: ready to discover the particle universe

The largest and most complex scientific instrument yet to be fitted to the International Space Station was installed today. Taken into space by the Space…

Space News May 4, 2011

First Soyuz almost ready for launch from French Guiana

The final countdown before its maiden flight later this year has begun for Soyuz with a simulated launch campaign at Europeâ€™s Spaceport in French Guiana….

Space News February 17, 2011

Europeâ€™s ATV Johannes Kepler supply ship on its way to Space Station

ESAâ€™s second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, has been launched into its targeted low orbit by an Ariane 5. The unmanned supply ship is planned…

Space News August 10, 2010

ESA extends ExoMars mission contract with Thales Alenia Space

TheÂ EuropeanÂ SpaceÂ AgencyÂ (ESA)Â has awarded a Contract Change Notice to ThalesÂ AleniaÂ Space worth 98 million euros for the ExoMars mission to Mars….

Space News August 5, 2010

Ariane 5â€™s third launch of 2010

5 August 2010 Yesterday evening, an ArianeÂ 5 launcher lifted off from Europeâ€™s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Nilesat-201…

Space News August 2, 2010

NASA And ESA'S First Joint Mission To Mars Selects Instruments

WASHINGTON — NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have embarked on a joint program to explore Mars in the coming decades and selected the…

Space News July 5, 2010

Planck unveils the Universe â€“ now and then

ESA PR-15 2010 ESAâ€™s Planck mission has delivered its first all-sky image. It not only provides new insight into the way stars and galaxies form…

Space News April 12, 2010

Baby stars in the Rosette cloud

Infrared image of the Rosette molecular cloud. Herschel collects the infrared light given out by dust and this image is a three-colour composite made of…

Space News April 8, 2010

Successful launch for ESAs CryoSat-2 ice satellite

Europe’s first mission dedicated to studying the Earthâ€™s ice was launched today from Kazakhstan. From its polar orbit, CryoSat-2 will send back data leading to…

Space News March 31, 2010

Fly us to the Moonâ€¦south pole to be precise

31 March 2010 The south polar region of the Moon, with dark craters and high ridges, is a world away from the relatively smooth terrain…

Space News March 18, 2010

Planck sees tapestry of cold dust

Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through our Galaxy are revealed in a new image from ESAâ€™s Planck satellite. Analysing these structures could help to…

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