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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)

Dig deeper to find Martian life
Probes designed to find life on Mars do not drill deep enough to find the living cells that scientists believe may exist well below the surface of Mars, according to research led by UCL (University College London).   view more (2007-01-30)

ESA and Rosaviakosmos sign up for two Foton flights
A procurement order for two unmanned Foton capsule flights was recently (21 October) signed at the European Space Agency's Moscow Office by ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight, Mr Jörg Feustel-Büechl, and Mr V.I. Kozlov, Head of the Automatic Vehicle and Ground Control Department at... view more (2003-11-04)

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)

Media invitation - Follow the launch of MSG-1 from ESA and Arianespace establishments
ESA PR 57-2002. About 25 years after the first Meteosat weather satellite was lofted, the first of a new generation (MSG-1) is to be launched by an Ariane 5 launcher from Europe`s Spaceport in Kourou during the night of 27/28 August, at 19:30 hrs Kourou time (00:30 CEST). With sophisticated new... view more (2002-08-21)

Microscopic passengers to hitch ride on space shuttle
When space shuttle Atlantis rockets into space later this week, it will take along three kinds of microbes so scientists can study how their genetic responses and their ability to cause disease change.   view more (2006-08-25)

Follow live Jules Verne ATV's first attempt to dock with the International Space Station
After several days spent in a parking orbit 2000 km ahead of the ISS, Jules Verne ATV is now ready to join up with the International Space Station. This first docking attempt can be followed live on 3 April 2008 from 15:30 CEST onwards from one of the European participating centres.   view more (2008-03-31)

The International Space Station, a test-bed for future space exploration
Joint statement by the International Space Station Heads of Agency ESA PR 33-2008. The Heads of the International Space Station (ISS) Agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met today at ESA Headquarters in Paris, France, to review ISS cooperation.   view more (2008-07-21)

Asteroids and meteorites reveal family resemblance
Asteroids and meteorites are supposed to be made of the same stuff - at least that's what earth science teachers have been telling their students for decades.   view more (2006-09-11)

Launch of Ariadna to boost advanced space research in Europe
Will spacecraft travelling through interplanetary space be able to determine their positions by using signals from dead stars as astronomical clocks? What is the likelihood of artificial muscles made from electro-active polymers replacing mechanical parts in spacecraft? Will it ever be possible... view more (2003-10-13)

Ulysses mission coming to a natural end
Ulysses, the mission to study the Sun's poles and the influence of our star on surrounding space is coming to an end. After more than 17 years in space - almost four times its expected lifetime - the mission is finally succumbing to its harsh environment and is likely to finish sometime in the next... view more (2008-02-25)

Shuttle brings space-grown strep bacteria back for study
When the space shuttle Endeavour touched down at the Kennedy Space Center August 21, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston microbiology and immunology department chairman David Niesel was waiting by the runway, looking forward to a reunion with some of its passengers.   view more (2007-08-23)
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