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  • Four decades of tracking European spacecraft

    18th May 2015

    Forty years ago this week, a satellite ground station in Spain became the first to be assigned to what would become ESA. Since then, the network – Estrack – has expanded worldwide and today employs cutting-edge technology to link mission controllers with spacecraft orbiting Earth, voyaging deep in our Solar System or anywhere in between.


    Four decades of tracking European spacecraft

    18th May 2015

    Forty years ago this week, a satellite ground station in Spain became the first to be assigned to what would become ESA. Since then, the network – Estrack – has expanded worldwide and today employs cutting-edge technology to link mission controllers with spacecraft orbiting Earth, voyaging deep in our Solar System or anywhere in between.


    ESA mourns loss of Director Antonio Fabrizi

    18th May 2015

    On Saturday 16 May, after a long illness, ESA Director of Launchers Antonio Fabrizi passed away in Rome at the age of 67.


    ESA mourns loss of Director Antonio Fabrizi

    18th May 2015

    On Saturday 16 May, after a long illness, ESA Director of Launchers Antonio Fabrizi passed away in Rome at the age of 67.


    Satellites make a load of difference to bridge safety

    15th May 2015

    When extreme weather comes our way, realtime information from space can help us to decide if closing a bridge is the right thing to do.


    Satellites make a load of difference to bridge safety

    15th May 2015

    When extreme weather comes our way, realtime information from space can help us to decide if closing a bridge is the right thing to do.


    OPALS Boosts Space-to-Ground Optical Communications Research

    14th May 2015

    NASA's Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) on the space station has been conducting cutting-edge research on data transmission since June 2014.


    Space fever

    13th May 2015

    It started with a simple question that ended with a surprising answer and new technology that is being used in cutting-edge heart surgery and could save millions of euros in hospital bills.


    Space fever

    13th May 2015

    It started with a simple question that ended with a surprising answer and new technology that is being used in cutting-edge heart surgery and could save millions of euros in hospital bills.


    Samantha’s longer stay on Space Station

    12th May 2015

    ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti’s mission on the International Space Station has been extended until the beginning of June. It was planned to end this week with a return to Earth together with NASA astronaut Terry Virts and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov.


    Samantha’s longer stay on Space Station

    12th May 2015

    ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti’s mission on the International Space Station has been extended until the beginning of June. It was planned to end this week with a return to Earth together with NASA astronaut Terry Virts and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov.


    European space agencies inaugurate altered-gravity aircraft

    8th May 2015

    ESA, France’s space agency CNES and the German aerospace centre DLR inaugurated the Airbus A310 ZERO-G refitted for altered gravity by running 12 scientific experiments this week.


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