items tagged with ESA
Cassini shows photographer’s eye with fantastic Saturn images
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-02 14:22:15
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has taken images of Saturn—complete with photographs of the planet’s remarkable ring system—that astronomers say have never been seen by humans before.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-02 14:22:15
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has taken images of Saturn—complete with photographs of the planet’s remarkable ring system—that astronomers say have never been seen by humans before.
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Euro-Japanese mission to Mercury gets the nod
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-28 04:27:29
The BepiColombo mission to Mercury planned by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been given the green light for an August 2013 launch.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-28 04:27:29
The BepiColombo mission to Mercury planned by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been given the green light for an August 2013 launch.
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Venus and Mars are alright tonight
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-28 04:07:39
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Science Program Committee has decided to extend the Mars Express and Venus Express missions until May 2009.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-28 04:07:39
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Science Program Committee has decided to extend the Mars Express and Venus Express missions until May 2009.
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Europe has a Cosmic Vision
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-28 02:26:08
The European Space Agency is about to invite the scientific community to propose missions for its 'Cosmic Vision' program for the years 2015 to 2025.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-28 02:26:08
The European Space Agency is about to invite the scientific community to propose missions for its 'Cosmic Vision' program for the years 2015 to 2025.
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Rosetta swings by Mars, heads towards the Sun
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-25 17:09:45
The Rosetta comet probe successfully completed its swing-by of Mars and is now heading towards the Sun on its way back to Earth, according to the ESA's Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-25 17:09:45
The Rosetta comet probe successfully completed its swing-by of Mars and is now heading towards the Sun on its way back to Earth, according to the ESA's Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
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Rosetta swings by Mars for 2nd of 4 maneuvers to comet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-24 17:00:08
On Sunday, February 25, 2007, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe will use the orbit of Mars as a springboard to propel it on its way to its 2014 encounter and landing on the distant comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-24 17:00:08
On Sunday, February 25, 2007, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe will use the orbit of Mars as a springboard to propel it on its way to its 2014 encounter and landing on the distant comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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XMM-Newton unlocks magnetic mystery
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-22 19:04:11
Observations using the ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory have allowed scientists to propose an answer to a twenty year old puzzle.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-22 19:04:11
Observations using the ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory have allowed scientists to propose an answer to a twenty year old puzzle.
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French astronaut picked for Space Station mission
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-13 17:43:17
French astronaut Léopold Eyharts will be part of the Expedition 16 crew of the International Space Station that will deliver the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory this (northern) autumn.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-13 17:43:17
French astronaut Léopold Eyharts will be part of the Expedition 16 crew of the International Space Station that will deliver the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory this (northern) autumn.
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Astronauts successfully complete series of three spacewalks
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-10 10:26:07
The third spacewalk in nine days by International Space Station commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and flight engineer Sunita Williams was successfully completed on Thursday, February 8, 2007.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-10 10:26:07
The third spacewalk in nine days by International Space Station commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and flight engineer Sunita Williams was successfully completed on Thursday, February 8, 2007.
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NASA completes primary mirror to James Webb Space Telescope
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-09 14:17:51
The completion of the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope, the space observatory set to replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2013, was reported recently.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-09 14:17:51
The completion of the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope, the space observatory set to replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2013, was reported recently.
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NASA and ESA Ulysses spacecraft flies past Sun’s hidden South Pole
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-07 12:33:27
On February 7, 2007, the Ulysses spacecraft is traveling where almost all other spacecraft have never ventured: to the South Pole of the Sun. With only two other brief flybys of the Sun’s south polar cap, Ulysses has discovered an interesting and unusual place on the Sun.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-07 12:33:27
On February 7, 2007, the Ulysses spacecraft is traveling where almost all other spacecraft have never ventured: to the South Pole of the Sun. With only two other brief flybys of the Sun’s south polar cap, Ulysses has discovered an interesting and unusual place on the Sun.
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Planets Mercury and Venus easily seen in western sky after sunset
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-06 10:53:05
The planets Mercury and Venus will be visible to the naked eye throughout the week of February 4, 2007, after the Sun sets in the western skies.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-06 10:53:05
The planets Mercury and Venus will be visible to the naked eye throughout the week of February 4, 2007, after the Sun sets in the western skies.
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Chinese Beidou navigation satellite launched from Long March 3A rocket
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-04 16:41:42
On Saturday, February 3, 2007, the Chinese launched one of its Beidou navigation satellites onboard a Long March 3A rocket. Translated as ‘Compass’, the Beidou satellite is one of 35 orbiting satellites that China hopes to be as comprehensive as the Global Positioning System (GPS) built by the United States/NASA and the Galileo Positioning System (Galileo) built by the European Union/ESA.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-04 16:41:42
On Saturday, February 3, 2007, the Chinese launched one of its Beidou navigation satellites onboard a Long March 3A rocket. Translated as ‘Compass’, the Beidou satellite is one of 35 orbiting satellites that China hopes to be as comprehensive as the Global Positioning System (GPS) built by the United States/NASA and the Galileo Positioning System (Galileo) built by the European Union/ESA.
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NASA Cassini spacecraft photographs cloud system on Saturn’s moon Titan
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-03 11:36:06
Detailed images produced by the Cassini spacecraft on December 29, 2006, show a cloud formation about 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles) in diameter at Titan’s north-pole region. Scientists had never before actually seen such a detailed cloud system on Titan, but had predicted its possible existence.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-03 11:36:06
Detailed images produced by the Cassini spacecraft on December 29, 2006, show a cloud formation about 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles) in diameter at Titan’s north-pole region. Scientists had never before actually seen such a detailed cloud system on Titan, but had predicted its possible existence.
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PDAs in space
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-01-28 18:13:54
A European Space Agency trial has shown that PDAs are suitable platforms for 'real' applications used by astronauts, not just personal or entertainment software.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-01-28 18:13:54
A European Space Agency trial has shown that PDAs are suitable platforms for 'real' applications used by astronauts, not just personal or entertainment software.
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Rosetta space probe just a stone’s throw away from Mars
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-01-28 11:55:20
The ESA-led unmanned Rosetta spacecraft launched to study two asteroids and one comet will do a Mars fly-by on February 25, 2007. Later, the spacecraft will do fly-bys of asteroid 2867 Šteins and asteroid 21 Luetia, and its lander Philae will land on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-01-28 11:55:20
The ESA-led unmanned Rosetta spacecraft launched to study two asteroids and one comet will do a Mars fly-by on February 25, 2007. Later, the spacecraft will do fly-bys of asteroid 2867 Šteins and asteroid 21 Luetia, and its lander Philae will land on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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