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NEWS ABOUT: European Space Agency

European Space Agency stories: 18 news summaries

 Mysterious Bright Spot 
 Appears on Venus 

Scientists suspect volcanic eruption

Aug 1, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astronomers are puzzling over a strange white spot that recently appeared in the clouds of Venus, the BBC reports. The European Space Agency’s Venus Express spacecraft confirmed the spot, originally noticed by an amateur stargazer on July 19. Data suggests it appeared 4 days before that and has been... More »

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astronomy • European Space Agency • planet • Venus

 NASA Plans Jupiter Mission  


Feb 18, 09 9:03 PM CST
(Newser) - NASA plans to send an orbiter to study the mysteries of one of Jupiter's moons, the Washington Post reports. Scientists suspect Europa has a massive ocean—possibly bigger than all of the Earth's oceans combined—beneath its ice-covered surface, the Post notes. Don't look up just yet: The $3 billion... More »

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NASA • space exploration • European Space Agency • Saturn • Jupiter • moon

 Scientists Hatch Round-Trip
 Mission to Mars
 

Unmanned spacecraft would bring back rocks and possibly microscopic life

Jul 14, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Before scientists can put a man on Mars, they first need to figure out how to get a mission back to Earth, reports the Guardian. An international team is doing just that—developing an $8 billion mission to travel to Mars and return with rock samples and possibly microscopic life.... More »

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NASA • Mars • European Space Agency • space travel • microbes • Martian • outer space • red planet

 There's a New
 Space Race,
 and US Is Losing 

Rest of the world collaborates while fearful US falls behind

Jul 9, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - While the rest of the world cooperates incessantly on all matters extraterrestrial, the US, hampered by self-imposed regulations meant to keep weapons out of enemies' hands, is swiftly losing dominance of the final frontier, the Washington Post reports. The US’ military space program is still gargantuan, but the civil... More »

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China • NASA • space exploration • European Space Agency • space • space shuttle • satellite • rocket • space program

 Upgrade Will Boost
 Hubble Vision 

Upgrade will create spectacular images

Jul 7, 08 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spectacular images from the Hubble telescope are about to get even more awe-inspiring, thanks to a $900-million upgrade during an upcoming space shuttle mission—the fifth and last mission to the orbiting observatory. Two new high-tech instruments and a series of repairs will make Hubble able to probe even deeper... More »

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NASA • Columbia University • European Space Agency • Hubble • space shuttle • Johns Hopkins University • Goddard Space Flight Center • space telescope • Cosmic Origins Spectrograph • Wide Field Camera 3

updated

 Cargo Ship Docks With ISS

Unmanned European vessel hooks up to International Space Station

Apr 3, 08 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - European cargo vessel Jules Verne docked flawlessly today at the International Space Station, Space.com reports. The double-decker-sized space hauler has about 8 tons of supplies on board for astronauts at the station, including food and water, rocket propellant—even handwritten documents from the real Jules Verne, a 19th-century science... More »

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NASA • European Space Agency • International Space Station • space flight • spacecraft • cargo ships • Jules Verne • space program • space mission

Shuttle Safe, Mission On

No sign of dings in heat shield after blast-off

Mar 12, 08 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour is on course to dock with the international space station with apparently no damage to the heat shield during takeoff, the Houston Chronicle reports. Tracking cameras indicated possible debris near the shuttle just after launch that may have struck near the ship's nose.... More »

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NASA • European Space Agency • space shuttle • Endeavour • Jules Verne • Dom Gorie • LeRoy Cain • Rick Linnehan • Garrett Reisman • debris

Space Truck Shoots Into Orbit

Europe's robotic space freighter to service ISS

Mar 9, 08 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Europe's first automated cargo ship blasted off from the South American jungle early today, headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station, the BBC reports. The craft—the biggest and most complex that Europe has ever launched—will deliver food, water, pressurized air, fuel, and personal items to the... More »

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European Space Agency • Pacific Ocean • International Space Station • spacecraft • French Guiana • Jules Verne • space truck

Europe to Launch Space Truck

Automated vehicle can haul tons of supplies to space station

Mar 8, 08 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Europe is about to launch its most sophisticated spacecraft ever, the BBC reports. The “Jules Verne,” set to take off tomorrow, will deliver supplies to the International Space Station while nudging the station higher into its orbit to prevent it from falling to Earth. The freighter is fully... More »

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NASA • Europe • European Space Agency • space • astronauts • space shuttle • International Space Station • ATV • rockets

Astronauts Often a Bit Woozy

Spacesickness a common malady for unearthly missions

Feb 15, 08 12:52 PM CST
(Newser) - We all know about carsickness and seasickness—but spacesickness? NASA is cagey about its vomiting astronauts, but about half of the 500 who’ve been to the final frontier suffer from “space adaptation syndrome,” reports Ned Potter for ABC News. So it comes as no surprise to Potter... More »

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NASA • European Space Agency • space • International Space Station • space travel • Atlantis Space Shuttle • nausea • Frank Borman • Hans Schlegel • space adaptation syndrome

UPDATED

Atlantis
Docks With Space Station

Shuttle's crew
is delivering $2B European laboratory

Feb 9, 08 11:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Space shuttle Atlantis docked flawlessly with the international space station today, the AP reports. Atlantis is delivering a $2 billion lab eagerly awaited by European scientists. Before docking, the shuttle performed a giant backflip so station crew members could take images of the shuttle's thermal shield. NASA engineers will examine... More »

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NASA • European Space Agency • International Space Station • Columbia Space Shuttle • Atlantis Space Shuttle • Columbus laboratory

UPDATED

Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off

Weather doesn't delay mission to
international space station after all

Feb 7, 08 2:11 PM CST
(Newser) - After bad weather prompted worries of a further delay, US space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted into space today, the AP reports. NASA had feared the same cold front that ravaged the South with tornadoes would push the launch to tomorrow, or later. Aboard, with seven astronauts, is the European Space... More »

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NASA • European Space Agency • astronauts • International Space Station • Daniel Tani • Atlantis Space Shuttle • Columbus Space Laboratory

Euro Jet Aims to Fly at Mach 5

Day trips to Australia in Europe's future

Feb 6, 08 6:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A futuristic hypersonic passenger plane that could carry 300 passengers at five times the speed of sound—more than 3,000 mph—is already on the drawing board in Britain. The A2, whose design is funded by the European Space Agency, could be in the air in 25 years if... More »

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European Space Agency • British Airways • Virgin Galactic • hypersonic plane • Reaction Engines • Skylon • Mach 5 • A2 • Concorde

China Launches 1st Lunar Probe

Plans to land astronaut on lunar surface by 2020

Oct 24, 07 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - China launched its first lunar mission today, beginning its gambit to be the third country to put a man in space. The Chang'e-I probe fired into space unmanned, but the lunar orbiter should earn China’s space program respect—and lucrative contracts, Bloomberg reports. China next plans to land a... More »

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China • NASA • space exploration • European Space Agency • space • moon • Chinese space program • Discovery space shuttle

Russia Tests 'Real World: Mars'

6 cosmonauts will spend 520 days in  isolation on simulated journey

Sep 14, 07 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a sort of extraterrestrial edition of MTV's "Real World," Russia will lock six would-be cosmonauts in a "spaceship" for 520 days in a simulated voyage to Mars. As Russian scientists test the effects of extended isolation, participants will spend 2 years growing their own vegetables,... More »

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Mars • European Space Agency • cosmonaut • space travel • Russian Space Agency

Meet Frank, Saturn's 60th Moon

Planet's latest addition sparks search for more

Jul 20, 07 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have discovered Saturn’s 60th moon, and are hinting that more could exist. In May, cameras aboard the Cassini spacecraft captured the “extremely faint object,” which scientists have officially designated a moon and tentatively named Frank. Composed mostly of ice and rock, Frank is about a mile... More »

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NASA • European Space Agency • space • Saturn • Cassini • satellite • moons • Italian Space Agency • Methone • Pallene • Frank • Jupiter • International Astronomical Union

Planet with Water Discovered

HD 189733b holds superheated water vapor but is too hot for aliens

Jul 11, 07 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Astronomers located the first planet beyond our solar system that hosts water—a giant gas ball bigger than Jupiter and named HD 189733b. Its sizzling climate, which can reach upwards of 3,600 degrees, renders it uninhabitable to any extraterrestrials, but the discovery shows that water is more common in... More »

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NASA • water • European Space Agency • planet • space • extraterrestrial life • Spitzer orbiting telescope • wobble • light • aliens • HD189733b • Vulpecula the Fox • Jupiter • discovery

Europe Seeks Mars Test Volunteers

Wanted: 12 people to live in a mock-up 'spacecraft' for 500 days

Jun 20, 07 5:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The European Space Agency is recruiting 12 volunteers to spend 17 months living and working in a series of interconnected modules that simulate an inter-planetary mission to Mars. The 'spaceship' is 19,250 cubic feet and is located at the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems in Moscow. More »

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Russia • space exploration • Mars • European Space Agency • space • astronauts

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