ESA (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today, the last day of World Space Week, marked the official opening of the exhibition 'Space – the last frontier' by the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Jose Mariano Gago. One of the most impressive exhibits is a 1:10 scale model of the International Space Station, lent for the occasion by ESA.
ESA (Free subscription) | yesterday
Scientists using ESA’s Venus Express are trying to observe whether Earth is habitable. Silly, you might think, when we know that Earth is richly stocked with life. In fact, far from being a pointless exercise, Venus Express is paving the way for an exciting new era in astronomy.
ESA (Free subscription) | yesterday
Four teams of students sponsored by ESA are jubilant after their experiments returned safely to Earth at the end of the latest Balloon Experiments for University Students (BEXUS) campaign inside the Arctic Circle. After many months of hard work and preparation, the successful conclusion was well worth waiting for.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
As the camera pans over the exterior of the International Space Station, Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria bids farewell to crewmate Thomas Reiter, European Space Agency astronaut.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Mission Control CAPCOM Shannon Lucid welcomes European Space Agency astronut Thomas Reiter to the Space Shuttle Discovery crew. Next, a camera aboard the shuttle provides a view of the shuttle's robotic arm and boom extension sensor system. credit: NASA
ESA (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
In 2012, Vega will carry ESA’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle into space. The vehicle will then return to Earth to test a range of enabling systems and technologies for atmospheric re-entry. A new video with computer generated animations of the vehicle and its mission is now available.
ESA (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Different wavelengths of light swirl together like watercolours in a new, ethereal portrait of a bright, active star-forming region.
Inside GNSS (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Neuchâtel, Switzerland–based SpectraTime, a member of the Orolia group, has received a €2.5-million research contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop critical technologies for future space-qualified active maser, a critical component of the ACES (Atomic Clocks Ensemble in Space) scientific program.
CNN (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The ozone hole over Antarctica in 2008 is larger in both size and ozone loss than last year, but not as large as in 2006, the European Space Agency said Tuesday.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
PARIS, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says scientists have determined the 2008 ozone hole is larger than last year's ozone hole but smaller than the 2006 hole. This year the area of the thinned ozone layer over the South Pole reached about 27 million square kilometers, compared to 25 million square kilometers in 2007 and a record ozone hole extension of 29 million square kilometers in 2006,...
ESA (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The 2008 ozone hole – a thinning in the ozone layer over Antarctica – is larger both in size and ozone loss than 2007 but is not as large as 2006.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
PARIS, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says the COROT spacecraft has discovered a massive planet-sized object that's unlike anything previously spotted. The object, named COROT-exo-3b, is so exotic, ESA scientists said they are unsure whether the oddity is a planet or a failed star. The object is about the size of Jupiter but has more than 20 times the mass. It takes 4 days, 6 hours to orbit...
ESA (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
COROT has discovered a massive planet-sized object orbiting its parent star closely, unlike anything ever spotted before. It is so exotic, that scientists are unsure as to whether this oddity is actually a planet or a failed star.
Science - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
The European Space Agency said satellite measurements show sea ice in the Arctic has started to refreeze as temperatures drop....
e.politics: online advocacy tools & (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The Europeans sure know how to throw a party — for this one, they arranged a fireworks display at a cost of several hundred million dollars (wait about 30 seconds). The Jules Verne was the first of a series of robot resupply ships built by the European Space Agency, and it docked with the International Space [...]
