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The European Space Agency's (ESA) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Satellite (SMOS), a part of the Living Planet Program, has recently finished activating its MIRAS instrument, the primary science payload. The agency made the announcement recently, highlighting the fact that the instrument would play an essentia... |
20 November 2009
03:04 GMT |
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A survey conducted by the Entertainment Software Association is showing that 42% of American adults are interested in giving or in receiving a videogame or more as presents for Christmas, which is good news for an industry that has seen sales fall this year over the same period in 2008 and hope that the shopping spre... |
18 November 2009
13:11 GMT |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft Rosetta is currently en route to meet up with the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on the fringes of the solar system. The two are scheduled to first see each other in 2014. The probe was launched back in 2004, and it has completed about 4,500 million kilometers of its 7,... |
14 November 2009
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A new “letter of intent” was recently signed in Washington DC, for the first time ever binding the Mars programs of the American space agency, NASA, and the European Space Agency (ESA) together. With this step completed, engineers can move to creating joint missions that could bring about a new understand... |
9 November 2009
03:42 GMT |
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The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has recently snapped a new series of photos of the planet's surface, revealing scarred terrain stretching for large distances, as well as several impact craters, most likely caused by asteroids that struck the planet in the past. An area roughly the size of M... |
7 November 2009
03:52 GMT |
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The European Space Agency (ESA), the operator of the newly-launched Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Satellite (SMOS), has announced today that the instrument has successfully deployed its three-antenna arms, which was the most delicate process in the commissioning phase. The Living Planet Program components are curr... |
4 November 2009
16:11 GMT |
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At around 04:50 local time (0150 GMT) this morning, the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Satellite (SMOS), part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Living Planet Program, roared into the sky aboard a modified Russian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) SS-19. The Rockot delivery system took off from the P... |
2 November 2009
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Last Thursday, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta space probe managed to perform one of the most successful trajectory correction maneuvers (TCM), according to officials at the agency. The spacecraft's gravity-assist maneuver was very close to projections, and it is now well on its way to meeting up ... |
28 October 2009
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While the American space agency is struggling to launch its ARES I-X suborbital test vehicle and the space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the European Space Agency (ESA) is pressing ahead with its scheduled Ariane 5 launch, which has now been confirmed to take place on Thursday, October 29. A l... |
28 October 2009
07:12 GMT |
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The Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM) is a collaborative effort among a number of agencies in the United States and Europe, and was originally scheduled to scout for signs of dark energy, the force believed to be behind the ever-accelerating expansion of the Universe. NASA and the US Department of Energy (DOE) fail to... |
28 October 2009
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Determining if even basic life exists on any other planet or moon in the solar system, and especially on Mars, is the main goal of space exploration today. But investigating this essential question is not easy, when considering that the answers lie millions of kilometers away from our planet. Rovers, landers and orbi... |
27 October 2009
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A manned mission to Mars poses more difficulties than simply finding the correct type of engine and hull structure for the spacecraft that will take astronauts there. It is also a journey into the depths of human limits, and at this point mission planners and psychologists are more worried about the human element of ... |
24 October 2009
16:11 GMT |
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On November 13, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta comet chaser will swing by our planet for the last time, before it begins the final segment of its ten-year journey to the outer reaches of the solar system. During its approach, it will provide astronomers with new data on the Earth-Moon system, before f... |
21 October 2009
06:11 GMT |
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For the first time since it started participating in the International Space Station (ISS) project, the European Space Agency (ESA) has one of its own astronauts as station Commander. On Sunday, Frank de Winne, from Belgium, officially became the leader of Expedition 21, as former Commander Gennady Padalka returned t... |
14 October 2009
05:56 GMT |
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The European Space Agency's (ESA) flagship mission to the Red Planet, the ExoMars rover, has been delayed to 2018, after delegates from EU members states agreed to the proposition the space agency made. The 2016 launch window, for which ExoMars was originally planned, would be taken up by an orbiter and a small,... |
12 October 2009
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With the advent of the Space Age, numerous spacecraft have been sent up to orbit over the years. Some of them are still functioning to this day, relaying back useful information to their control stations on Earth. But many of them are slowly decaying, out of commission, and are littering precious orbital paths, which... |
7 October 2009
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The probes, orbiters and rovers that currently explore the recesses of the solar system and beyond are only crude efforts in mankind's quest to explore the Universe. These robots currently come at very high costs, are relatively fragile, and only carry limited amounts of scientific equipment. But, in the future,... |
2 October 2009
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The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite has finally begun transmitting high-quality data from its peculiar, low orbit around the planet. Its ultra-sensitive instruments analyze subtle variations in the Earth's gravitational pull over vario... |
1 October 2009
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is currently working to develop and integrate all the systems required for its future mission to the Red Planet, the ExoMars rover. The robot, which is impressive in size, will navigate the red sands and analyze objects of interest on the surface, but its primary goal will be to look f... |
28 September 2009
06:48 GMT |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) launched its Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology (SMART-1) satellite in an orbit around the Moon on September 27, 2003. Over the next three years, the spacecraft conducted scientific observations of Earth's natural satellite. On September 3, 2006, it was deliberatel... |
26 September 2009
06:46 GMT |
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Since the European Space Agency (ESA) launched its Earth Explorer program, no results have been obtained. Now that the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite has finally begun its measurements, the first information will start being circulated. The observatory is designed specifica... |
23 September 2009
05:16 GMT |
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According to a new research paper released by the European Space Agency (ESA), the ozone depletion in our atmosphere is leveling off, a direct consequence of the banning of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) with the Montreal Protocol, signed in 1987. A fine example of how nations can come to work together when faced with a c... |
22 September 2009
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After a long journey that lasted a few days, the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite, an important part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Living Planet Program, has been safely delivered to its launch site, the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, in northern Russia. The spacecraft was designed and built by sou... |
18 September 2009
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The European Space Agency (ESA) reports that one of the three main instruments aboard the Herschel Space Telescope had malfunctioned, and that it was been taken offline one month ago. At this point, there is no time frame as to when the device will be brought back online, if ever. Because of the flaw, the observatory... |
15 September 2009
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With the planned withdrawal of NASA's aging shuttle fleet, by the end of 2010, nations involved in the European Space Agency (ESA) are looking for new solutions to ensure that they maintain a permanent presence in low-Earth orbit and on the International Space Station (ISS). Officials from the agency have alread... |
28 August 2009
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The recently launched Planck telescope has just begun observing the early Universe, accumulating background radiation that was most likely created when the Universe first sprung into being. The mission is conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA), with vast collaboration from NASA. In addition to the observatory, ... |
14 August 2009
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Since 2004, when the first traces of the gas were discovered on the Red Planet, the scientific community has been in frenzy. Once thought to be an inhospitable, barren landscape filled with desert, our neighboring planet is now considered to be either occupied by life forms, or as still having volcanic activity. Rega... |
11 August 2009
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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have recently unveiled their joint plans of exploring Mars between 2015 and 2020. Under the agreement, ESA is to build a trace-gas orbiter, a spacecraft able to detect gas plumes emanating from the Red Planet and to image ... |
6 August 2009
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Over the following 12 weeks, representatives of academies, universities and industrialists in the United Kingdom will meet and discuss whether a national space agency is necessary for the country at this point, or if the British National Space Center should be left in charge of robotic explorations. The Center has a ... |
20 July 2009
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The future of missions to the Red Planet will most likely be decided in Great Britain this week, at the meeting between the American space agency NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). Held at the University of Plymouth, the conference, which will take place from on Monday to Wednesday, will be attended by some 20... |
29 June 2009
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The European Space Agency (ESA) announced on June 22nd plans to expand its network of deep-space surveillance stations, when it informed the Argentinian government that it had selected a 30-square-kilometer area, on which it would build a new, giant, 35-meter radio antenna. Once completed, the plant will be the agenc... |
27 June 2009
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The Ulysses robotic space probe is a joint NASA/ESA mission to the Sun, launched on October 6th, 1990, from the space shuttle Discovery, during flight STS-41. The craft's main purpose is to analyze the surface of the Sun from various latitudes, and to determine the interactions that exist within the yellow dwarf... |
27 June 2009
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After much rumor on the issue, it would appear that the American space agency NASA, and its European counterpart, ESA, will soon reach a conclusive agreement of collaboration for the ExoMars exploration mission, currently scheduled to take off sometime in 2016. The rover, which is about the same size as the American ... |
24 June 2009
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European officials, decision makers and space authorities are all quite undecided about the faith of the Galileo satellite project, which was supposed to bring 28 observation and communication satellites in orbit as fast as possible. The system, which is part of the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) class, is... |
23 June 2009
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For a long time, the European Space Agency (ESA) has said that it plans to gain orbit-to-Earth capabilities, meaning it wants to develop a system that would serve the same function as the American shuttles, which are able to take cargo to the International Space Station, but to return materials as well. The European ... |
23 June 2009
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In the first tests of the largest infrared telescope ever constructed, Herschel mission controllers opened the observatory's eyes on June 14th, and set it to take snapshots of the Messier 51 galaxy. More famously known as the whirlpool galaxy, Messier 51 was discovered by Charles Messier back in 1773, and its na... |
22 June 2009
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Soft gamma repeaters are among the rarest objects in the Universe, and only a handful have thus far been identified. In August, 2008, the American space agency's Swift satellite discovered multiple blasts of radiation coming in from such an SGR, but it did not analyze the phenomenon thoroughly. Recently, the Eur... |
17 June 2009
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The European rover of the ExoMars mission, scheduled for launch in 2016, is one of the largest robotic exploration vehicles ever created, and also among the most complex ones. However, because of soaring costs associated with the mission, the manager decided to drop one of the planned instruments from the program, so... |
16 June 2009
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After being successfully launched in May, together with the Planck Space Telescope, the billion-euro Herschel has finally ejected the cover protecting its delicate instruments from radiation, as it nears the final destination of its 1.5 million kilometers to the L2 point in orbit. Yesterday, mission controllers sent ... |
15 June 2009
02:30 GMT |
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In the wake of E3, where the titles that companies should release in the coming year were showcased, the Entertainment Software Association, which organizes the show itself, outed an interesting report revealing how important gaming has become to the American way of life.The main thing that jumps off the page is... |
13 June 2009
07:31 GMT |
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The European Space Agency's Planck satellite has just reached a critical point in its mission, as it got nearly halfway to its destination, the Lagrangian point L2. The delicate observatory has already started making a series of maneuvers in space, all aimed at pushing it onto the correct path to the L2. The mov... |
9 June 2009
16:51 GMT |
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The GOCE satellite, the first instrument to observe Earth's gravity in its smallest variations, has recently proven that it can fly drag-free in the upper atmosphere. Situated in a free-fall orbit of about 250 kilometers, which is very close to the surface, yet high enough to ensure that no air molecules slow it... |
28 May 2009
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The E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) Conference will take place at the beginning of June in Los Angeles. But as you may know, the city is quite close to Mexico, where the swine flu has been rampaging for quite some time. The ESA, the company behind the conference, has revealed that the show will go on and that the ... |
26 May 2009
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A top Russian space official has recently announced that the Russian Federation plans on keeping its International Space Station modules flying when the station is dismantled. While this is scheduled to happen in 2015, chances are that the life of the orbital facility will be prolonged until 2020, or maybe even 2025.... |
23 May 2009
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The first British astronaut to be selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) in the first such contest it ran since 1992 is 37-year-old Army Air Corpse test pilot Timothy Peake, a veteran of helicopter flights. He was only told about his selection into the agency on Monday, when he and other five future astronauts w... |
21 May 2009
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The Herschel Space Telescope, which was launched on May 14th, has sent back its first set of flight data, but not through conventional channels, but via the use of mobile phone technology, the same type employed by GSM networks. The observatory, currently inbound to its Lagrangian (L) 2 orbital point, contacted ESA&#... |
20 May 2009
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Despite the fact that Britain is not involved in ESA's human space exploration program, having always preferred investing in the robotic exploration of the solar system, officials in London are eagerly waiting to see if one of their compatriots will be selected as one of the six new recruits that the continent&#... |
20 May 2009
07:03 GMT |
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TerreStar Network (TSN) announced that its largest satellite yet, the TerreStar-1, had been safely delivered to the Kourou Space Center, in the French Guyana, South America. The instrument, which is the largest satellite ever constructed and scheduled to be deployed, is planned to lift off from the European Space Age... |
19 May 2009
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The Torino, Italy-based aeronautics company Thales Alenia Space, the main constructor of the new International Space Station Node 3 module, dubbed Tranquility, has recently announced the completion of the work. The new segment was scheduled to be delivered to the American space agency NASA as soon as possible, so tha... |
18 May 2009
05:54 GMT |
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Yesterday, aeronautics company Arianespace managed to launch its 40th successful mission to orbit, safely carrying the Herschel and Planck space telescopes to their intermediary destination aboard an Ariane 5 delivery system. The picture-perfect launch, which took place at 6:12 am Pacific Time (9:12 am EDT / 1312 GMT... |
15 May 2009
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