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Construction materials for space stations
Antenna and telescope mirrors, walls and partitions for space stations, solar battery panels and even houses on the Moon and on Mars - all this can be achieved with technology developed by Russian scientists in the framework of ISTC projects 2835 and 2836. What is more, it can be achieved quickly,... view more (2005-03-03)

A New Russian Meteorite?
On Thursday 3 October, residents of the village of Bodaibo in the Irkutsk region of Siberia witnessed the fall of a large glowing object from space. Witnesses saw a large fireball in the sky, followed by a thunder-like sound, a flash of light, and a small earth tremor. Scientists from the Institute... view more (2002-10-04)

For peace and quiet, try the Moon
ASTRONOMERS are taking the search for somewhere quiet to work to new extremes with a plan to put a radio telescope on the far side of the Moon.         The advantage of this unusual location is that the Moon would act as a massive shield, protecting the... view more (2002-01-02)

International Space Station Heads of Agency Meeting
Space agency leaders from the United States, Russia, Japan, Europe and Canada met today at the ESA Technical Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, to discuss International Space Station (ISS) cooperation activities. At this meeting, the ISS Partnership unanimously endorsed the ISS... view more (2004-07-23)

Space and daily life...in 45 years
From 4 to 10 October 2002, the Education Office of the European Space Agency (ESA) will celebrate World Space Week by giving young Europeans the chance to tell the world their ideas on what daily life on Mars might be like 45 years from now.   view more (2002-07-01)

Media invitation: Architecture of Fear
'It is not without significance that the extensive decentralisation of Western cities followed the first use of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Something similar is happening now in the wake of 9/11,' says Anthony Elliott, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, in the run up... view more (2004-11-17)

Arizona State scientists keep an eye on Martian dust storm
Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Center are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a large dust storm on the Red Planet.   view more (2007-07-12)

ESA finds a black-hole flywheel in the Milky Way
Far away among the stars, in the Ara constellation of the southern sky, a small black hole is whirling space around it. If you tried to stay still in its vicinity, you couldn`t. You`d be dragged around at high speed as if you were riding on a giant flywheel. In reality, gas falling into the black... view more (2002-04-26)

Calling all teachers interested in space
ESA and Eurisy are inviting European teachers to ESRIN in Italy, to participate in a workshop on the EDUSPACE website. This educational tool has been designed to introduce secondary school students to Earth observation satellite data and its many uses. EDUSPACE contains ideas, material and data... view more (2002-09-10)

Astronomers find stellar cradle where planets form
Astronomers at the University of Illinois have found the first clear evidence for a cradle in space where planets and moons form.   view more (2007-11-30)

NIST math technique opens clearer window on universe
A fast, efficient image enhancement technique developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and originally applied to improving monochrome microscope images has proved itself equally effective at the other end of the scale- sharpening details on color images of distant... view more (2006-12-11)

Three months in bed to simulate effects of long-duration Space Station missions
Spending a long time in a weightless environment has an impact on the human body, and evidence exists of changes to the bone and muscles of astronauts who have participated in long-duration missions in space. To cope with the requirements of long-stay missions aboard the International Space... view more (2001-08-30)

Characteristics of vacuum charted
Three scientists at Ume'å University in Sweden, Associate Professors Gert Brodin and Mattias Marklund and Professor Lennart Stenflo, have shown how collisions between light particles, photons, can be studied in a vacuum. Such processes have normally been considered the stuff of science... view more (2001-10-23)

ESA is looking for female volunteers for a bed-rest study in Toulouse next year
In preparation for a 60-day Female Bed-Rest Study, which starts in January/February 2005, an official call for candidates to participate as test subjects has been issued. The study is a joint venture between the European Space Agency (ESA), the French space agency (CNES), the National Aeronautics... view more (2004-08-03)

Extreme machine simulates space conditions
Conditions in space are unlike anything we experience on Earth. Incredible extremes of temperature that can switch in an instant, startling vacuum conditions, not to mention radiation - it`s a tough life for a spacecraft. So it is essential to make sure they are prepared to withstand these... view more (2002-05-07)

ESA opens EMITS to external users
ESA is making its well-known EMITS System available to external users. The latest version, which has been available on-line since the end of July, allows industry, institutes and national agencies to use the EMITS System to issue their own invitations to tender for space-related procurements. This... view more (2001-08-09)

Robotic Revolution
A revolutionary new concept in robotics which would give disabled people greater independence has been developed by an expert at Staffordshire University. The Flexibot is being developed by a team led by Professor Mike Topping from the Centre for Rehabilitation Robotics. According to Mike the... view more (2001-02-22)

EU and Russia define co-operation agenda in satellite monitoring and space exploration
Today in Brussels European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin met Mr Yuri Koptev, Director-General of Rosaviakosmos, the Russian Space Agency. They discussed current and future progress in Euro-Russian co-operation in space, within the "Space Partnership". They addressed the need for... view more (2003-03-20)

Spin-offs from space and aeronautics – LOSTESC Programme attracts interest
The LOSTESC Programme, aimed at identifying space and aeronautical technological innovations that could be adapted to wider markets, has attracted unprecedented interest in European industry. The Programme’s objective is to detect space or aeronautical technologies within innovative Small... view more (2001-04-04)

Glasgow astronomers explain hot star disks
Astronomers have been puzzled for decades as to how the rings of hot gas surrounding certain types of star are formed. Now a team of scientists from the Universities of Glasgow and Wisconsin believe they have found the answer. The team studied a type of young, hot star, known as a "Be star", that... view more (2002-11-01)

European agreement on James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) signed
An agreement between ESA and seven Member States to jointly build a major part of the MIRI instrument, which will considerably extend the capability of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), was signed yesterday, 8 June 2004. This agreement also marks a new kind of partnership between ESA and its... view more (2004-06-11)

Supplements no better than placebo in slowing cartilage loss in knees of osteoarthritis patients
In a two-year multicenter study led by University of Utah doctors, the dietary supplements glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate performed no better than placebo in slowing the rate of cartilage loss in the knees of osteoarthritis patients.   view more (2008-09-30)

Cool spacedust survey goes into orbit
University of Nottingham astronomers will be studying icy cosmic dust millions of light years away - using the biggest space telescope ever built.   view more (2008-02-04)

The future of the "Mir"- station
Why the "Mir"-station on the 11th of August didn't suddenly hit the Paris, as Paco Rabano predicted? Because if the station would lose its orbit by herself, she will go down for a half of a year. In the case of an artificial impulse in correct direction, she will reach the Earth in a... view more (1999-08-12)

A filter that enhances the power of communications satellites
Researchers at the Public University of Navarre are designing and developing a filter that enhances the power of communications satellites for the European Space Agency. The filter enables the reduction, by a factor of a million, interference produced by what is known as the "Field Emission... view more (2005-02-03)
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