International Cooperation in Space: The Example of the European Space Agency (Frontiers of Space)
ESA (Free subscription) | yesterday
Twelve years of design, development and hard work have come to fruition with the formal handover of Node 3 from ESA to NASA on 20 November 2009. The ceremony took place in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.
ESA (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
This image is the first data sent to Earth by the MIRAS instrument on ESA's SMOS satellite, launched on 2 November. It was acquired as part of the initial functional verification test since the instrument was switched on on Tuesday.
ESA (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
ESA PR 29-2009. The site of a ground station for Galileo, Europe's global navigation satellite system, inside the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), near Kourou in French Guiana, was inaugurated on 19 November.
Alien Life (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation . Here's today's news: g Abodes - Astronomers have found that the extrasolar planet HAT-P-7b has a retrograde or highly tilted orbit. Studying such planets is important in understanding the diversity of planetary systems and assessing current models of how planets migrate....
ESA (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The MIRAS instrument on ESA's SMOS satellite, launched earlier this month, has been switched on and is operating normally. MIRAS will map soil moisture and ocean salinity to improve our understanding of the role these two key variables play in regulating Earth’s water cycle.
The News Market (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
'Lullaby:The Unicef Anthem' has had its extraterrestrial premiere at the International Space Station, thanks to support from European Space Agency and NASA.
ESA (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
This issue celebrates the anniversary of the beginning of Europe’s independent adventure into space, the first launch of Ariane 1 in 1979. Read the Bulletin and other publications online, with our visualiser tool. Read online
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ESA (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Rosetta's OSIRIS imaging system spotted an anticyclone over the South Pacific on the morning of 13 November. The images show the scene roughly as a human eye would see it.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Right on cue, a heavy box of instruments swooped high above the island of Java yesterday and then accelerated away into space, for the last time. It was a European spacecraft called Rosetta , and yesterday was its final loop past the home planet, as it gathered speed for a journey that will take it to a distant comet. Rosetta is a wonderful example of the long view. Momentum for the mission developed...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
On its way to a 2014 rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, with JPL instruments on board, flew past Earth today to pick up energy.
The Register (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Speeding Rosetta orbiter baffles astro-boffins Baffled Boffins at the European Space Agency (ESA) are hoping that today's Earth fly-by of the Rosetta satellite will shed light on a problem of significant gravity.… What is your recession sales strategy?
ESA (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Images and data taken just before closest approach were downloaded this morning, and they show the lights of North America in the night and a glowing Southern Hemisphere.
Life Science World (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
[NEWS] Contact: Jocelyne Landeau-Constantin jlc@esa.int 49-615-190-2696 European Space Agency Rosetta passed over the ocean, just South of the Indonesian island of Java, at exactly 08:45:40 CET, at a speed of 13.34 km/s with respect to Earth an an altitude of 2481 km. The swingby was pre-planned and fully automated, and the spacecraft was in direct communicatio…
Watch Miss World 2009 Live Stream (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
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