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In maiden voyage, European space freighter docks with ISS
- 2008-04-03
TOULOUSE, France AFP — Europe's robot freighter successfully docked on its maiden voyage Thursday with the International Space Station, the European Space Agency ESA announced. The Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV hooked up with mankind's orbiting outpost at 1445 GMT, prompting cheers and applause to erupt at mission control in...
European space freighter in dress rehearsal for ISS hookup
- 2008-03-31
PARIS AFP — Europe's brand-new robot space freighter inched towards the International Space Station ISS on Monday as mission controllers practised emergency manoeuvres ahead of a maiden linkup on Thursday. Navigating for the first time with a laser-based optical system, the Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV moved to within just...
Europe launches robot space freighter
- 2008-03-07
KOUROU, French Guiana AFP — The European Space Agency on Sunday carried out the maiden launch of a massive robot freighter designed to rendezvous automatically with the orbital space station. The Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV, a nearly 20-tonne payload the size of a London double-decker bus, blasted into the...
Europe sets launch window for maiden mission of space freighter
- 2008-01-29
PARIS AFP — The European Space Agency ESA on Tuesday said it expected to carry out the maiden launch of a robot supply ship to the orbital space station between February 22 and March 8 or 9. "The ATV Automated Transfer Vehicle will be launched from the 22nd February...
Europe's Rosetta probe completes key fly-by of Earth
- 2007-11-14
PARIS AFP — Europe's comet-chasing probe Rosetta has completed a crucial fly-by of Earth to pick up speed on a 10-year mission to rendezvous with a distant comet, the European Space Agency ESA said on Wednesday. "An important milestone has just been accomplished," the Paris-based agency said after the...
Rock it, man: Europe launches songs-in-space competition
- 2007-04-25
PARIS AFP — If you were an astronaut, zipping around Earth at an altitude of 400 kilometers (250 miles), what music would you like to hear? How about Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," for an unfailing morale boost? Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon...
Britain should put astronauts on Moon, Mars: astronomical society
- 2005-10-18
LONDON AFP — Britain should send astronauts to the Moon and Mars as part of international manned space missions, a Royal Astronomical Society report recommended. The report, commissioned by the 185-year-old RAS, says the British government should support human space exploration for the first time. Government policy has...
Heads up, it's Europe's comet-chaser
- 2005-03-03
PARIS AFP — Weather permitting, European astronomers should get a good view of Rosetta, a spacecraft designed to rendezvous with a comet in deep space in one of the most ambitious ventures in space exploration. The billion-euro (1.3-billion-dollar) craft, launched just over a year ago, will be passing overhead...
Liquid methane found on Titan, a 'flammable world'
- 2005-01-21
PARIS AFP — The European robot lab Huygens found liquid methane on the Saturn satellite Titan, a chemical that seems to have shaped the moon's peculiar landscape and weather system, scientists said in their first detailed assessment of the probe's mission. "We've got a flammable world. It's quite extraordinary,"...
Mission chiefs exult as Titan probe sends back data
- 2005-01-14
DARMSTADT, Germany AFP — A European robot lab parachuted to the surface of the Saturn moon Titan, successfully climaxing a venture to explore one of the most beguiling phenomena in the Solar System, mission leaders here said. Operating in the dark and friendless chill of deep space, the unmanned...
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| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
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| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Current |
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| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
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| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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