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Closer ties between ESA and Russia
Today in Moscow, ESA Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain and the Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov signed an agreement for long-term cooperation and partnership in the development, implementation and use of launchers. This agreement, which comes within the general framework of the Agreement between ESA and the Russian... view more... (2005-01-19)

Missions to Mars
The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen the GSI accelerator facility to assess radiation risks that astronauts will be exposed to on a Mars mission.   view more (2008-04-15)

Lotus Plant-Inspired Dust-Busting Shield to Protect Space Gear
A plant that lives along muddy waterways in Asia has inspired a NASA team to develop a special coating to prevent dirt and even bacteria from sticking to and contaminating the surfaces of spaceflight gear.   view more (2009-09-24)

ESA develops a smarter way to travel through space
As scientists demand more from space missions travelling to other worlds and beyond, traditional rocket technologies are beginning to show shortcomings. In response, ESA are helping to develop a new type of rocket engine, known as solar-electric propulsion, or more commonly, an ion engine, that can mark a whole new era of space exploration.... view more... (2002-06-11)

Press conference: DG Research, in relation to the launch of the ESINET European Space Incubator Network
The ESINET European Space Incubator Network will provide a unique concrete platform for the transfer of knowledge and technologies in the field of space. Journalists will be invited to attend a press conference which will provide an insight into the concept and concrete benefits of this network supporting start-ups all over Europe. It will also... view more... (2002-07-10)

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 to his address at The Tate Modern on Friday 19... view more... (2004-11-17)

SMART-1's bridge to the future exploration of the Moon
ESA's SMART-1 moon mission has become a bridge to the future of lunar science and exploration.   view more (2007-03-12)

University of Leicester space scientists see the funny side of Mars
National competition offers fragment of Mars meteorite. Scientists at the University of Leicester are offering a piece of real Martian Meteorite ...to anyone who can make them laugh the loudest! One of the key teams behind the Beagle 2 Mars Mission, which is led by the Open University, has launched a national competition to find the most amusing... view more... (2003-09-25)

Royal Society Summer Exhibition - Take Part In The Cassini-Huygens Mission
UK space scientists are involved in a plethora of spacecraft that are currently exploring the planets, moons and comets in our Solar System. The UK Goes to the Planets exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition provides an opportunity to find out about these missions direct from the scientists. Within the last couple of years we have... view more... (2004-06-30)

How the moon got its stripes
A new study has revealed the origins of tiger stripes and a subsurface ocean on Enceladus- one of Saturn's many moons. These geological features are believed to be the result of the moon's unusual chemical composition and not a hot core, shedding light on the evolution of planets and guiding future space exploration.   view more (2009-07-15)

Joint Statement at the International Space Station Heads of Agency meeting
The leaders of the space agencies taking part in the ISS programme, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the European Space Agency (ESA), National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) and the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (Rosaviakosmos), met today at... view more... (2002-06-03)

Life on Mars 'pregnancy test' successfully launched
Key components of a new approach to discover life on Mars were successfully launched into space Friday as part of a twelve-day, low-Earth orbit experiment to assess their survivability in the space radiation environment-a prelude future journeys to Mars.   view more (2007-09-18)

Naval Research Laboratory's ANDE-2 deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour
The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009.   view more (2009-08-06)

European Space Policy Institute founded in Vienna
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Austrian Space Agency (ASA), on behalf of the Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) of the Federal Republic of Austria, today founded the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) in Vienna. The Institute, whose creation was recommended to the ESA Director General in 1999, is to become the... view more... (2003-11-26)

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 common research on the satellite positioning... view more... (2003-03-20)

Next phase reached in definition of Mars Sample Return mission
ESA has taken a further step in preparing for participation in Mars Sample Return (MSR), the landmark mission to return samples from the Red Planet, with the announcement of the next phase of industrial activity.   view more (2006-04-07)

Space radiation threats to astronauts addressed in federal research study
A better understanding of solar storms and how best to protect astronauts from space radiation is needed as NASA pushes toward manned missions to the moon and Mars in the coming decades, according to a new National Research Council report.   view more (2006-10-26)

Aurora Space Exploration Programme's proposal mulls take off in May
Scientists working with the European Science Foundation (ESF) are putting the finishing touches to an ambitious programme of research for the exploration of the Moon and Mars. They expect to publish their proposals in May.   view more (2007-04-05)

Brain stem cells sensitive to space radiation
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists recently led a team of researchers to study potential effects of space radiation on astronauts.   view more (2007-12-12)

NASA & NSF create unprecedented view of upper atmosphere
Scientists from NASA and the National Science Foundation discovered a way to combine ground and space observations to create an unprecedented view of upper atmosphere disturbances during space storms.   view more (2005-12-06)
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