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ESA Director General comments on Columbia Accident Investigation Board report
Commenting on the Columbia accident report delivered to NASA by the independent Investigation Board, Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency, said... "The loss of Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew on 1 February has deeply affected the space community worldwide.... view more (2003-08-29)

Space shuttle carrying ND experiments to space station
When the space shuttle Endeavour launched today it carried with it a set of experiments designed and constructed in the laboratory of Dennis Jacobs, a University of Notre Dame professor of chemistry and biochemistry who also serves as a vice president and associate provost.   view more (2008-03-17)

Nespoli focuses on complex mission
Later this year ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will serve as Mission Specialist on the STS-120 mission to the International Space Station. Together with the rest of the Shuttle crew, Nespoli is training intensively ahead of this complex ISS assembly mission.   view more (2007-03-19)

T-rays: New imaging technology spotlighted by American Chemical Society
T-ray sensing and imaging technology, which can spot cracks in space shuttle foam, see biological agents through a sealed envelope and detect tumors without harmful radiation, was the focus of a recent symposium at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society.   view more (2005-12-07)

Fruit flies aboard space shuttle subjects of UCF, UC Davis study on immunity and space
Fruit flies aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery will help University of Central Florida and University of California, Davis, biologists learn more about how prolonged stays in space could affect human immune systems.   view more (2006-06-28)

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)

First crew starts living and working on the International Space Station
ESA PR-70   view more (2000-10-31)

European Node officially handed to NASA
Six years of hard work came to fruition when ESA formally transferred ownership of Node 2 to NASA on 18 June 2003. This took place in the Space Station Processing Facility of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The ceremony was attended by Alan Thirkettle, Head of the Development-Department of... view more (2003-06-26)

Space shuttle Columbia's last flight formed clouds over Antarctica
A burst of mesospheric cloud activity over Antarctica in January 2003 was caused by the exhaust plume of the space shuttle Columbia during its final flight, reports a team of scientists who studied satellite and ground-based data from three different experiments.   view more (2005-07-07)

Microscopic 'astronauts' to go back in orbit
When space shuttle Endeavor blasts off on March 11, some tiny 'astronauts' will piggyback onboard an experimental payload from Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute.   view more (2008-03-11)

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)

NASA announces details of Hubble servicing mission
NASA scientists and a space shuttle astronaut today outlined details of a challenging mission that will repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope in 2008.   view more (2008-01-09)

MIT: Mini satellites rocketing to space station
A Russian rocket launched Monday, April 24, is carrying the first of three small, spherical satellites developed at MIT to the International Space Station - a major step toward building space-based robotic telescopes and other systems.   view more (2006-04-27)

First European astronaut visits the International Space Station
Follow the Shuttle launch from various ESA establishments and monitor mission highlights live on the ESA web site. ESA astronaut Umberto Guidoni from Italy will be the first European to visit the International Space Station when he lifts off aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on 19 April with an... view more (2001-04-11)

The Scientific Case For Human Spaceflight
Forty years ago, on 12 April 1961, the era of human spaceflight dawned when Yuri Gagarin completed a single, 108 minute, orbit of the Earth on board Vostok 1. Exactly 20 years later, on 12 April 1981, the first U.S. Space Shuttle, Columbia, was launched from Cape Canaveral. In April 2001, the... view more (2001-03-30)

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)

SSTL's CEO awarded The Franck J. Malina Astronautics Medal
Adding to a succession of tributes this year, SSTL's CEO, Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, has been awarded The Franck J. Malina Astronautics Medal in recognition of his valuable contributions to space and education, both as an educator and as a leading space professional. The award was presented to... view more (2002-11-01)

ESA astronaut Frank De Winne to fly to the International Space Station in October
Today, at the European Space Agency Moscow office, Mr Antonio Rodot' , ESA Director General, Mr Charles Picqué, Belgian Minister for Scientific Research, Mr Yvan Ylieff, Belgian Commissioner in charge of Scientific Policy, Mr Yuri Koptev of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency... view more (2002-04-18)

The Changing Face of Space Robotics
Dr Eddie Moxey of the University of Surrey recently gave a speech at the IEE seminar on the Changing Face of Robotics. His speech concentrated on the use of robotics in space.   view more (2004-11-24)

First Swedish astronaut to fly to International Space Station in 2003
European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang will fly on a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station in spring 2003. During that flight, he will conduct three Extra Vehicular Activities (EVAs) or `spacewalks` to attach new hardware to the Space Station. He will become the first... view more (2002-02-27)

First European Node for the International Space Station passed acceptance review
ESA PR 24-2003. Node 2 will be formally delivered to the European Space Agency by ASI, the Italian Space Agency in mid-May 2003. Last week the first activity related to that delivery, the Acceptance Review, was successfully conducted at the Alenia Spazio facility in Turin, with the participation... view more (2003-04-08)

Press day 6 June: Meet Frank De Winne ESA astronaut in training in for October mission to the International Space Station
ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, from Belgium, will soon finish training at ESA`s space research and technology centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands on some of the scientific facilities he will have to work on during his flight to the International Space Station next October. On Thursday 6 June, media... view more (2002-05-28)

ESA astronaut returns to Earth after Space Station `taxi` flight
A mission to the International Space Station returned to Earth today after successfully delivering a new `lifeboat` to the Station for use by the resident crew in the event of an emergency on board. The cosmopolitan crew of the Marco Polo flight comprised ESA`s Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori,... view more (2002-05-05)

Spaceflight shown to alter ability of bacteria to cause disease
Space flight has been shown to have a profound impact on human physiology as the body adapts to zero gravity environments. Now, a new study led by researchers from the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has shown that the tiniest passengers flown in space-microbes-can be equally... view more (2007-09-25)

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)
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