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Recognizing the value of using Earth observation satellite data to support development activities, ESA and the World Bank will work together on several projects through the 'eoworld' joint initiative.
When ATV Johannes Kepler is lofted into space on 15 February, an ESA tracking station on Portugal's Santa Maria island will watch closely, gathering crucial data as Ariane 5 streaks overhead.
ATV-2 is almost ready for launch on 15 February from Europeâ€™s Spaceport.
Natural disasters occur yearly on all continents, leaving hundreds of thousands dead and turning millions into refugees.
In 2000, the International Charter â€œSpace and Major Disastersâ€ was set up on the initiative of ESA (European Space Agency) and CNES (Franceâ€™s Centre national dâ€™Ã©tudes spatiales).
What if work performed in space could improve the treatment of household and nuclear waste on Earth?
The Council of the European Space Agency today announced that Jean-Jacques Dordain will continue as the Director General of ESA for a further period of four years.
By detecting the faint dimming in the light emitted by stars during a transit event, CoRoT has detected six new exoplanets - each with its own peculiar characteristics - and one brown dwarf.
Following the debut of ESAâ€™s â€˜Fly Your Thesis!â€™ program in 2009, four teams of university students have been selected to conduct their microgravity experiments during a second series of parabolic flights aboard an aircraft.
As rescue workers scramble to provide assistance to hundreds of thousands of people following Haitiâ€™s earthquake, Earth observation satellite data continues to provide updated views of the situation on the ground.
- The deadly nightshade, Atropa Belladonna, which possesses stupefying or poisonous properties.
- A sleeping-potion; a soporific.
- To mutter deliriously.