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Europe's Space Policy becomes a reality today

ESA PR 21-2007. A stronger Europe in space, better equipped and better coordinated to face the future needs of its citizens. A wider strategic scope to address new challenges, including the areas of security and defence space programmes, and space as an added dimension to the EU's external relations: all this in a novel policy designed to fit European interests and values.

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1. A giant leap for space activities in Europe: ministers to adopt European Space Policy in Brussels
   05-16-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
   ESA PR 20-2007. Ministers in charge of space activities in ESA's Member States and those responsible for the internal market, industry and research in the European Union's Competitiveness Council, are meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 22 May to adopt the European Space Policy (*).
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2. German Chancellor Merkel calls ISS
   02-14-2008 · European Space Agency (ESA)
   "We are proud as Germans and Europeans that we could contribute to the ISS with Columbus. Europe now has a permanent basis for research in space," highlighted German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the beginning of her in-flight call with ESA astronauts Hans Schlegel and Léopold Eyharts in Berlin earlier today.
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3. US Earth-observing satellites in jeopardy, AAAS Board cautions
   05-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
   As US policy-makers prepare for hearings later this week on space-science and climate-change research, the world's largest general science society today warned that budget cuts are threatening US satellites essential for weather forecasting, hurricane warning, studies of global climate change and more.
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4. New ESA website targeting SMEs
   12-08-2006 · European Space Agency (ESA)
   Innovations from small high-tech companies are of high value to Europe's space industry, and since 1997 ESA has taken special measures to encourage this type of firm to get involved in its space programmes. Today, the Agency launches a new, dedicated website to further promote this initiative: the Small & Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) website.
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5. Europe's Mercury mission swings into action
   01-18-2008 · EurekAlert!
   The European Space Agency signalled the start of a busy period for the planet Mercury, when it signed the contract for industrial development to start for the BepiColombo mission today (Jan. 18, 2008) at Astrium in Friedrichshafen, Germany. UK scientists and industry have key roles in BepiColombo, including construction of spacecraft subsystems and science instrument design.
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6. Watching what we eat: Food systems in Europe
   11-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Food has never been more of a global commodity than it is today. But there is an urgent need to understand the problems that face future European food supplies within this global market. And so scientists and policy makers gathered in Budapest last week to push for a more holistic approach to the study of what Europeans eat.
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7. A step closer to a European Space Policy
   04-26-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
   ESA PR 19-2007. Space is a strategic asset which Europe must exploit more effectively. Europe cannot afford to lose out when it comes to securing the economic and societal benefits of space for its citizens. The European Space Policy will soon give Europe a comprehensive tool with which to widen its dimension vis-à-vis space activities.
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8. Atlantis readies for Columbus mission
   07-13-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
   More than 500 years ago, the voyages of Christopher Columbus to the New World and the discoveries he made caused quite a stir throughout Europe. Today, excitement is building on both sides of the Atlantic as the long-awaited launch of ESA's Columbus space laboratory grows closer, as NASA starts processing Shuttle Atlantis in preparation for the mission.
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9. Herschel's heart and brain mated
   09-19-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
   Herschel, Europe's infrared space observatory is being presented to the media today in a joint press event by ESA and Astrium in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Two of the satellite's most fundamental modules, its 'heart' and 'brain', have now been mated.
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10. Successful firing of Vega's first-stage motor in Kourou
    11-30-2006 · European Space Agency (ESA)
    ESA PR 42-2006. The largest European mono-segment filament-wound case solid propellant motor ever developed came to life at 12:30 Kourou time today (15:30 UT) when it was ignited for its first static firing test at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana.
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