Staff changes at ESA TV
Date Released: Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Source: Staff changes at ESA TV The first mailing on an upcoming ESA-TV transmission was sent eight years ago, on 16 September 1999.
Date Released: Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Source: Staff changes at ESA TV The first mailing on an upcoming ESA-TV transmission was sent eight years ago, on 16 September 1999.
Date Released: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Source: UK samples set for a taste of space
Samples of micro organisms, antibodies, fluorescent dyes and rock from Devon are amongst a European payload which will be sent into near Earth orbit this week onboard an unmanned Russian spacecraft - exposing them to the extreme conditions found in space.
Date Released: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Source: Foton-M3 mission to launch European experiments
An unmanned Foton-M3 capsule, carrying a payload of around 40 European experiments, will launch onboard a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 13:00 CEST (11:00 UT) this Friday.
Date Released: Friday, September 7, 2007
Source: Galaxies near and far from AKARI
Two new sets of observations from the AKARI Infrared Space Telescope, JAXA mission with ESA participation, show how the spaceborne has investigated galaxies both near and far.
Date Released: Sunday, August 26, 2007
Source: New Wide Field Near-Infrared Imager for ESO’s Very Large Telescope
Europe’s flagship ground-based astronomical facility, the ESO VLT, has been equipped with a new ‘eye’ to study the Universe.
Date Released: Thursday, August 23, 2007
Source: Will Titan Lose Its Veil?
The question of whether Titan can retain its thick, organic atmosphere for the rest of its lifetime could hinge on how efficiently methane molecules were packed inside water “crates” during a period of the moon’s formation.
Date Released: Thursday, August 23, 2007
Source: France-in-Space #386 ** 1: EADS, THALES & FINMECCANICA IN AGREEMENT ON THEIR ROLE IN GALILEO It was reported this week that EADS, Thales and Finmeccanica have reached an agreement in principle on the sharing of responsibilities for the development and implementation of the troubled Galileo satellite navigation system.
Date Released: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Source: ESA TV Coverage of Shuttle Mission STS-118 on 16-17 August The next transmissions of the ESA TV Service will be: 16-Aug-07 05:00 - 05:30 GMT Shuttle STS-118 Flight Day 8 Highlights 17-Aug-07 05:00 - 05:30 GMT Shuttle STS-118 Flight Day 9 Highlights Please note that the line-up time for these SCPC feeds is 5 minutes.
Date Released: Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Source: First Light for Word’s Largest ‘Thermometer Camera’
The world’s largest bolometer camera for submillimetre astronomy is now in service at the 12-m APEX , located on the 5100m high Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes.
Date Released: Monday, August 6, 2007
Source: The Planet, the Galaxy and the Laser - Inspiring Images from Paranal
On the night of 21 July, ESO astronomer Yuri Beletsky took images of the night sky above Paranal, the 2600m high mountain in the Chilean Atacama Desert home to ESO’s Very Large .