An instrument called ROSINA, with key components designed and built at the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto, will be launched early next year on the European […]
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UC Berkeley scientist urges drilling into frozen lake under ice near South Pole as prelude to drilling into subglacial lakes in Antarctica and on Mars
Measurements of the ice temperature far below the South Pole suggest that a so-called “lake” discovered at the base of the ice is most likely permafrost – a frozen mixture […]
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ESA’s first 35m Deep Space Ground Station successfully tracks spacecraft: New Norcia getting ready!
A major milestone towards operational readiness of ESA’s first 35m deep space ground station at New Norcia (W. Australia) was achieved. As part of the final system testing, antenna pointing […]
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Better sunbathing for satellites
Future telecommunications and broadcasting satellites can have more power and add more channels without need for a major redesign. More efficient solar cells offer 50 per cent more electrical energy […]
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Is life the rule or the exception? The answer may be in the interstellar clouds
Is life a highly improbable event, or is it rather the inevitable consequence of a rich chemical soup available everywhere in the cosmos? Scientists have recently found new evidence that […]
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“Cosmic Vision”: the new ESA Science Programme
Following the outcome of Council of Ministers in Edinburgh in November 2001, the Director of Science undertook a complete reassessment of the ESA Science Programme. This was done in close […]
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Made in Darmstadt: SCOS-2000
Specialists at the ground stations make use of sophisticated software when it comes to monitoring and controlling satellites as well as space probes in space. The wizard of the most […]
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European Space Agency to probe asteroid blind spot
In the past five weeks two asteroids have passed close by Earth, at distances of 1.2 and 3 times the distance to the Moon. Another asteroid has recently been shown […]
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Preparing for the Venus Express
The European Space Agency is planning its first mission to unveil the mysteries of Earth’s cloud-shrouded sister planet, Venus. On Wednesday 10 April, Professor Fred Taylor (University of Oxford) will […]
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Physics on Stage 2 festival – 2 to 6 April 2002
Physics on Stage 2 is a festival for physics teachers, taking place at the European Space Agency’s Space Research and Technical Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands from 2 to 6 […]
