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ESA's time machine
02-16-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)EuroNews looks at ESA's time machine, a satellite called Planck, which will be launched in 2008. Using it, astronomers will be able to travel back in time, towards the beginning of space and time as we know it now.
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- ESA celebrates 15 years of near-real time data delivery in Earth Observation
02-16-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
Decision-makers, scientists and local authorities require up-to-date environmental information in order to manage natural resources, respond to natural disasters and better understand climate change. ESA has been responding to this requirement since 1992 by offering data from Earth-observing satellites in near-real time to allow users to study and monitor the current state of the oceans, lands, atmosphere and cryosphere.
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- An X-Ray Santa Claus in Orion
11-30-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
Right in time for the festive season, ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has discovered a huge cloud of high-temperature gas resting in a spectacular nearby star-forming region, shaped somewhat like the silhouette of Santa Claus.
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- Jules Verne ATV launch approaching
02-11-2008 · European Space Agency (ESA)
ESA PR 08-2008. After the successful launch of ESA's Columbus laboratory aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on Thursday (7 February), it is now time to focus on the next imminent milestone for ESA: the launch of Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to be sent to the International Space Station.
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02-04-2008 · EurekAlert!
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- Vega main engine test in Kourou
12-05-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
A prototype of the P80 rocket motor, which will power the first stage of ESA's new small launcher - Vega, was successfully tested on 4Â December at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Ignition occurred at 12:35 local time (15:35 UTC/GMT).
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- Shannon collection shows wit and whimsy
05-30-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Known as the father of digital communications and information theory, late MIT professor Claude E. Shannon spent his spare time inventing clever, toy-like devices for fun. Among the creations are a chess machine and a juggling W.C. Fields.
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- Astronauts enter Harmony for first time
10-27-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson were the first astronauts to enter the newest addition to the International Space Station after opening Harmony's hatch at 14:24 CEST (12:24 UT) today.
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- Columbus launch set for 7 February
02-06-2008 · European Space Agency (ESA)
NASA managers formally set the launch date of Space Shuttle Atlantis for 7 February at 20:45 CET (14:45 Florida time). Atlantis is set to carry the European Columbus laboratory into orbit. For the latest updates, please consult the NASA website and the ESA Columbus blog.
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- Cluster makes a shocking discovery
05-14-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
ESA's Cluster was in the right place and time to make a shocking discovery. The four spacecraft encountered a shock wave that kept breaking and reforming – predicted only in theory.
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- Hubble finds ring of dark matter
05-15-2007 · EurekAlert!
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter that was formed long ago during a titanic collision between two massive galaxy clusters. It is the first time that a dark matter distribution has been found that differs substantially from the distribution of ordinary matter.
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