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A new satellite communication system will revolutionise the way Europe gets its information from space
As a part of ESA's Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, the IXV project is designing and building a vehicle to test a range of systems and technologies for atmospheric re-entry
Belgian ESA astronaut Frank De Winne prepares for his next mission to the ISS, due to launch in 2009. Dutch ESA astronaut André Kuipers will be his backup
On the island of Sriharikota, 150 kilometres north of Chennai, India has based its launch centre SHAR, the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, named after the research scientist and former
With its lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, India is about to enter a new stage in the exploration of space
It's a technological feat, but the Indian lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 is almost ready to launch. It will differ from earlier lunar missions as it promises to return a complete chemical...
Since July 2008 the GOCE Earth Explorer satellite has been at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia
Mission summary and future scenarios for ESA’s Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV
On Friday, 5 September 2008, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will meet with Asteroid Steins, passing by at 800 km at 20:58 CEST, at a distance of 360 million km from Earth
ESA's European Space Operations Centre has been meticulously preparing for Rosetta's rendezvous with asteroid Steins. Scientists expect much from this close encounter, providing insights...
GOCE, ESA's Gravity field and steady–state Ocean Circulation Explorer is due for launch in September 2008 from Russia. Data from this mission will improve our understanding of ocean...
Looking down from space at the blue planet Earth, you can see plenty of water. This water is believed to have originated from comets and asteroids that hit the surface soon after the...
Hubble has been serviced and upgraded four times and the fifth and final tune-up is scheduled for October 2008.
The European Space Agency has just closed its public recruitment drive to find the European astronauts of the future
After more than 17 years of observations of the Sun, the heliosphere and our local interstellar neighbourhood, the joint ESA/NASA mission Ulysses is coming to an end
With the recent launch of the GIOVE-B satellite, Europe is today demonstrating its mastery of broadcasting time signals with unprecedented accuracy
2008 has been a fantastic year for ESA's human space missions. ESA is already looking toward destinations far beyond the ISS for future human exploration in space
Benefits from ESA's Earth observation programme include boosting scientific understanding of our environment and helping victims of natural disasters worldwide
The most Earth-like of planets in the Solar System, the most likely to have developed forms of life, and probably the first to be visited by humans - Mars continues to be a focus of...
ESA's GOCE (Gravity Field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) has been developed to bring about a whole new level of understanding of one of the Earth's most fundamental forces...
A commercial application of a technological achievement - broadband Internet on trains via satellite - developed with support from the European Space Agency
The advantage of using leading edge-technologies from space in other sectors, and vice versa, at the forum 'Innovation from space exploration and technology transfer' on Wednesday 23...
Technology spin-offs from European space programmes presented at the SpaceTransfer08 event in the 'Innovations Market for Research and Development' section at the industrial trade fair...
The second Galileo satellite, GIOVE-B, is equipped with the most accurate clock ever to be flown in space
Galileo is moving ahead: On the 27th April the second Galileo satellite, GIOVE-B, will be launched from Baikonur
During the night of 26 to 27 April the second Galileo satellite will be launched from Baikonur on top of a Soyuz rocket
Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle introduces a new generation of spacecraft, capable of entirely automated rendezvous and docking
ESA's Jules Verne ATV is now undergoing critical in-flight testing to ensure its sophisticated systems can safely guide it to an ISS rendezvous and docking
There are many moons in the Solar System, some of which are considered to be worlds in their own right, where life in some form might exist
Jules Verne ATV: ESA's re-supply, re-boost and refuse spacecraft
A new generation spacecraft offering key elements for future human spaceflight operations and automatic exploration.
An uninhabited but man-rated vehicle, ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle prepares the way for developing technologies on behalf of future space navigation.
The launch of ESA's Jules Verne ATV, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle for the International Space Station, is planned for early March. The ATVs are the largest and most powerful...
Water and air are two of the basic and fundamental elements that rule our planet, and the interaction between these two has a profound effect on climate.
The third and final Rosetta planetary fly-by will bring the spacecraft to Earth in November 2009 before it heads out on the final and longest leg of its ten-year journey to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko,...
Data provided by Europe’s space telescopes, observatories and planetary missions are bringing us close to than ever to understanding our Universe.
The European hub for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) is situated in Dwingeloo in the Netherlands. It is here, at the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) that the signals...
The new 5.5m tracking station on Santa Maria island was formally inaugurated into the ESTRACK network yesterday. The station will be used to track Ariane launch trajectories and will...
On 14 January 2008 ESA's Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain, met with the press at ESA Headquarters in Paris for the annual press briefing.
The launch of GIOVE-B is another step towards the completion of Galileo, Europe's civil navigation system that will guarantee continuity of access and signal quality.
With the Harmony connecting module in place, the International Space Station is now ready to receive the European Columbus laboratory
Testing satellite telecommunications for health emergency management
Turbulent, powerful and extremely varied, the atmosphere on Venus is proving to be more complex and dynamic than ever imagined.
The European Columbus laboratory is about to make history in space. For the first time Europe will have in space a permanent scientific laboratory which will be attached to the International...
The task of taking the European Columbus laboratory into space and attaching it to the International Space Station lies in the hands of ESA astronauts Leopold Eyharts, from France,
For the Columbus Mission, ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts has spent much of the last few months trying to get as much training in as possible. For an astronaut, it's hard to imagine a...
Europe is well on its way to attaching the European Columbus laboratory to the ISS and with this, creating its first real estate in space.
On 13 November, ESA's comet-chaser, Rosetta, will make its closest approach during the critical Earth swing-by manoeuvre. Flight operations activity at ESOC is well underway.
On 13 November, ESA's comet chaser Rosetta will swing by Earth for a second time, using our planet's gravity to gain additional orbital energy
ESA's Columbus Control Centre - Col CC - is located at the German Aerospace Center's operations facility near Munich, which has many years' experience in human spaceflight operations....
Columbus, ESA's most important contribution to the ISS is finally ready for launch.
An Italian astronaut's journey to the ISS marks the start of one of Europe's busiest periods in space.
Report from the European Space Technology Transfer Conference 2007, focusing on space technology spin-offs to non-space businesses.
Launched five years ago, Integral has helped scientists make great strides in understanding the gamma-ray universe - from the atoms that make up all matter, giant black holes, mysterious...
Europe is about to enter one of the most intense phases of human spaceflight ever. The International Space Station is awaiting two new European-built components - a connecting element...
Within the Institute of Biomedical Problems, part of the Russian Academy of Sciences, engineers and scientists are completing the construction of a mock-up spaceship which will simulate...
A recent meteorite strike in Peru highlights the practical benefits expected from ESA's Rosetta and Don Quijote missions.
With an Italian name, an Italian astronaut on board and a module (Node 2) developed by Italian industry and financed by ESA's Member States, the Esperia Mission puts Europe at the forefront...
Highlight interviews with ESA and other top space agencies from a workshop aimed at sharing best practices and enhancing international cooperation for satellite tracking systems.
ESA joins other major space and aviation players at the 8th International Aviation and Space Salon, MAKS 2007, at the Zhukovsky Air Base near Moscow this week, inaugurated by President...
In the northern Italian town of Turin on the 19 July 2007, scientists and engineers from the European Space Agency held a press conference to celebrate the completion of the new Gravity...