European Space Agency

Recent Events

News & Analysis

earth and european space agency - All News and Analysis

• Saturnian moon has more energy than Earth's oil and gas reserves

  - 2008-02-13

  PARIS AFP — Imagine a place awash with more hydrocarbons than a Texan oilman can dream of and where no one has staked a single claim -- all that energy is just going begging. The problem: this massive reserve is at least 1.2 billion kilometers (750 million miles) away...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, European Space Agency, Manufacturing

• 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...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, European Space Agency, HARDWARE, kilometer, MARKETING, Paris, Robots, Scanners

• Space pioneers wanted for 520-day Mars experiment

  - 2007-06-19

  LE BOURGET, France AFP — The European Space Agency ESA on Tuesday called for applications for one of the most demanding human experiments in space history: a simulated trip to Mars in which six "astronauts" will spend 17 months in an isolation tank on Earth. Their spaceship will comprise...

  Tags: Earth, European Space Agency, MARKETING

• European space probe swings past Mars during eclipse

  - 2007-02-25

  PARIS AFP — The European comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta has sent back "beautiful new images" of Mars after swooping over the surface of Red Planet overnight, the European Space Agency ESA said Sunday. During a dramatic 15 minutes, the probe disappeared from mission control screens as it passed the far...

  Tags: Earth, Engineering, European Space Agency

• Europe set for billion-euro gamble with comet-chasing probe

  - 2007-02-23

  PARIS AFP — A European comet-chasing spacecraft is set for a nail-biting close encounter this weekend with Mars. The billion-euro (1.3-billion-dollar) probe Rosetta will come within 250 kilometers (156 miles) of the Red Planet's surface, using Martian gravity to correct its course in one of the longest and costliest...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, Engineering, European Space Agency, kilometer, spacecraft

• Space plane in test run for zero-gravity surgery

  - 2006-09-24

  BORDEAUX, France AFP — Harnessed to the walls, their surgical tools moored down with magnets, a team of French doctors are Wednesday to attempt the world's first human operation in zero-gravity, as a test run for performing surgery in space. The aircraft enabling the pioneering operation is Zero-G, a plane...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, European Space Agency, France, magnet, PRODUCTIVITY, surgeon, surgery, team, tool

• SMART stop

  - 2006-09-23

  The European Space Agency's first mission to the moon ended with a deliberate bang on Sept. 3. The planned crash of the SMART-1 spacecraft, which had photo graphed the moon and mapped its mineral and elemental composition from lunar orbit since November 2004, created a flash caught by dozens of...

  Tags: Earth, European Space Agency, mineral, spacecraft

• Space clothes saving the lives of Earthlings

  - 2006-06-28

  PARIS AFP — From bras and babysuits equipped with monitors to tough suits to protect sportsmen and adventurers from the hazards of life on Earth, space technology is boldly pushing back fashion frontiers. "The space programme has over the years provided a catalyst for a lot of the progress...

  Tags: Components, Earth, European Space Agency, HARDWARE, jacket, monitor

• Another visitor to Mars

  - 2006-04-15

  The newest emissary from Earth arrived at the Red Planet on March 10. The NASA craft, known as the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, joins three other satellites exploring the planet: two from NASA and one from the European Space Agency. Meanwhile, the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity, more than 2 years...

  Tags: craft, Earth, European Space Agency, Manufacturing, NASA, NETWORKING

• European probe goes into orbit around Venus

  - 2006-04-11

  PARIS AFP — A European space probe went into orbit around Venus, mission controllers said, after a 400-million-kilometre (250-million-mile trip) to peer into its toxic atmosphere and swirling clouds. The Venus Express probe slowed down and locked into Venus's gravitational field at 10:08 am (0808 GMT), said controllers at...

  Tags: Earth, European Space Agency, MARKETING