ESA tracking station establishes contact with Russia's Mars mission

Seeded on Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:40 AM EST (ESA - European Space Agency)

On Tuesday, 22 November at 20:25 GMT, ESA's tracking station at Perth, Australia, established contact with Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft.

science, perth, esa, esoc, npo-lavochkin, telecommand

Driving a robot from the Space Station

Seeded on Wed Jun 29, 2011 11:36 AM EDT (ESA - European Space Agency)

Meet Justin, an android who will soon be controlled remotely by the astronauts in ESA’s Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station.

space, robotics, nasa, science, station, esa, astronauts, rover, iss, planetrey

DLR Portal - Before & after satellite image of Japan Tsunami zone

Seeded on Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:13 PM EST (dlr.de)

An extremely detailed satellite image showing the area on Japan's coast that was hit by a tsunami on 11 March 2011. You can clearly see the extent of the flooded areas and destruction.

japan, earthquake, tsunami, world-news, sendai

YouTube - Dosvedanya Mio Bombino: Musical best wishes to astronauts Paolo & Aleksandr for ATV docking

Seeded on Tue Mar 1, 2011 3:01 PM EST (YouTube)

A really fun video greeting from Portland's Pink Martini to the astronauts on board the International Space Station - especially the European and Russian who oversaw the docking of ESA's cargo vessel last week. It's rare to see such a tribute from a US group to non-NASA astros!

nasa, science, esa, iss, atv, kepler, johannes, pink-martini, nespoli

Final view of ATV on Earth | Johannes Kepler

Seeded on Sun Feb 6, 2011 3:10 PM EST (blogs.esa.int)

ESA are preparing to launch their second ATV cargo vessel, Johannes Kepler, to the ISS on 15 February from Kourou on an Ariane 5 launcher. On Friday, 4 February, the launcher's fairing cover was lowered over top of ATV already mounted on top of the 11-story tall rocket.

science, atv, ariane, fairing, atv-diary, earth-ariane, kris-capelle

Michael Moore: Why I Posted Bail for Julian Assange | World | AlterNet

Seeded on Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:53 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

Sunlight is the best cleanser. Period.

media, politics, moore, wikileaks, assange

ESA Portal - Graduation ceremony for ESA's new astronauts

Seeded on Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:59 AM EST (esa.int)

The European Space Agency will host a graduation ceremony next week for six astronauts recruited back in 2009. Apparently, they've finished basic training and are now ready for mission-specific specialist training:

technology, international-space-station, european-space-agency, basic-training, european-astronaut-centre

ESA - ESA Spacecraft Operations - ISS astronauts meet Columbus ground controllers

Seeded on Sat Oct 9, 2010 8:38 PM EDT (esa.int)

Nespoli and the NASA and Ru astros may have to wait a bit longer on the ground: apparently, their Soyuz launcher has suffered some "idiotic" damage -

science, international-space-station, european-astronaut-centre, paolo-nespoli, eurocom-team-lead, columbus-control-centre

ESA Portal - E-shirt improves physical exercise

Seeded on Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:09 AM EDT (esa.int)

Whether you are a professional athlete or just enjoy physical exercise, instant data on your performance can improve your training. With help from ESA, a Spanish firm has developed a smart 'e-shirt' to measure and transmit key body information during exercise.

sports, space, t-shirt, esa, spin-off

ESA - ESA Spacecraft Operations - Celebrating the fifth anniversary of Huygens' Titan touchdown

Seeded on Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:51 AM EST (esa.int)

Five years ago today, the Huygens probe touched down on Titan, making the furthest, most remote landing ever achieved by a man-made device.

space, science, titan, esa, cassini, huygens

YouTube - The will to rise up

Seeded on Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:14 AM EST (YouTube)

ESA's Ariane launcher family celebrated 30 years on Christmas.

space, science, ariane, launchers

How to play with Mars Express VMC images - The Planetary Society Blog | The Planetary Society

Seeded on Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:17 PM EST (planetary.org)

Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Society writes:

mars, express, science, society, poster, esa, planetary

Deep space maintenance deep in Australia's bush

Seeded on Tue Dec 1, 2009 12:04 PM EST (European Space Agency via AlphaGalileo)

Looks like a lot of hot work in Oz for the space boffins.

technology, new, australia, esa, norcia

DODEA director accused of abusing authority | Stars and Stripes

Seeded on Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:43 AM EDT (News - Stripes)

WASHINGTON — A federal teachers union is demanding a full investigation into allegations that the director of the Defense Department's worldwide network of schools for military dependents routinely abused her office by steering jobs to relatives and friends, arranging retreat …

politics, miles, dodds, dodea

ESA - ESA Spacecraft Operations - ESA's Herschel calls home using mobile phone technology

Seeded on Wed May 20, 2009 3:03 AM EDT (esa.int)

Looks like mobile phones are pretty near **everywhere** now! It's funny how the efficient use of spectrum that has long been a commercial imperative in terrestrial cell phone networks now applies to communication with spacecraft as well.

technology, space, mobile, esa, gsm, l2, herschel

ESA - Space Debris

Seeded on Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:40 AM EST (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Space_Debris/index.htm)

The European Space Agency (ESA) have opened a new website highlighting space debris. There is a gallery:

science, esa, space-debris

ESA Portal - Follow the Jules Verne ATV docking

Seeded on Thu Apr 3, 2008 8:47 AM EDT (esa.int)

ESA's first automated transfer vehicle, Jules Verne, is due to dock with the ISS at 14:00 GMT - just over an hour from now. ESA are hosting a blog, here:

space, science, esa, iss, atv

ESA | DLR | Columbus Blog

Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 10:34 AM EST (webservices.esa.int)

ESA - the European Space Agency - are blogging the next shuttle mission, which will deliver the ESA Columbus science module to the ISS. The last blog they ran covered the Rosetta comet-chaser Earth swing-by in November 2007.

science, evs, space-esa-iss-columbus