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- Spaceflight Challenge I 1.0 (Windows)
- Spaceflight Challenge 1 features science topics from across the secondary schools European curricula. It can be enjoyed as a role playing adventure game or as a set of interactive exercises that can be accessed in any order. Full scientific explanations and background information are provided. A fully navigable 3-D model...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, European Space Agency, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Software downloads 2008-09-30
- EGNOS Terms and Abbreviations Glossary for Palm OS 6.0 (Mobile)
- This is a free dictionary of the official List of terms and acronyms published by the European Space Agency ESA for the EGNOS project. Contains about 840 entries in 13kB lexicon file.
- Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., European Space Agency, Palm OS, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Hardware, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-18
- Images: Looking for a few good Martians
- The European Space Agency is now actively seeking people crazy enough to spend 520 days locked up in Russia to simulate the rigors of a trip to Mars.
- Tags: European Space Agency, rigor, Russia
- Image galleries 2007-06-19
- A new postal service... from space
- In September 2007, the European Space Agency ESA will launch its Foton M3 microgravity mission from Baikonur. The spacecraft will carry the Young Engineers Satellites (YES2) payload. The goal of this experiment -- designed by 500 European students -- is to send a 6-kilogram package from space to earth. This...
- Tags: Engineering &, Innovation, Space &, Aerospace
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- Images: Peeking through the veil over Venus
- The European Space Agency's Venus Express has been orbiting the mysterious planet for a year, giving it a long look at the cloud cover.
- Tags: Venus, European Space Agency
- Image galleries 2007-04-11
- From plane to satellite by laser
- If you ever used an Internet connection in a plane, you probably think that its easy to communicate between an aircraft and a satellite. This is true for traditional data relay applications. But recently, a European Space Agency ESA satellite relayed optical laser links from an aircraft over a distance...
- Tags: satellite, European Space Agency, Engineering &, Innovation, Science &, Nature, Wireless &, Telecom, Space &, Aerospace
- Blog posts 2006-12-23
- Satellites deliver UV index via SMS
- According to the World Health Organization WHO, 60,000 deaths are caused annually by excessive exposure to ultraviolet UV radiation. In Satellites help ensure safe sunning, the European Space Agency ESA reports that a new service using its satellites can deliver the UV index to your cellphone via SMS. The Happy...
- Tags: Happy Sun Mobile, HappySun, UV Index
- Blog posts 2006-10-14
- Images: Europe's GPS rival
- European Space Agency says Galileo navigation satellites will be five times more accurate than United States' system.
- Tags: European Space Agency, GPS, satellite, Europe, U.S.
- Image galleries 2006-07-14
- Images: Europe's GPS rival
- European Space Agency says Galileo navigation satellites will be five times more accurate than United States' system.
- Tags: European Space Agency, GPS, satellite, Europe, U.S.
- Image galleries 2006-07-14
- Breaking up is easy to do -- for a comet
- Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann just missed us by 10 million kilometers last week. But this comet, which visits our Solar system every 5 years, is just a shadow of itself. Because of the powerful forces of the Sun, the comet broke into 3 parts in 1995. This year, it has almost completely...
- Tags: camera, European Space Agency
- Blog posts 2006-05-21
- 'Space-cooled' jackets down to Earth
- Several technologies used to design the space suits protecting astronauts are now being adapted to protect workers facing extremely hot and dangerous conditions. According to the European Space Agency ESA, these 'space-cooled' jackets are using three different technologies: special 3D-textile structure, cooling apparatus derived from astronauts' suits, and a special...
- Tags: 3D-textile structure, consortium, 3D-textile, Safe&Cool Project
- Blog posts 2006-03-04
- Self-healing spacecrafts
- As you probably guess, a spacecraft life is a tough one. It has to survive in space where it is exposed to extreme temperatures and cosmic radiation without any help. This is why engineers working for the European Space Agency ESA have developed new processes that mimic human reactions. When...
- Tags: crack, European Space Agency, fibre, spacecraft
- Blog posts 2006-01-21
- Greenland's ice belly is growing
- By using eleven years of data collected by satellites from the European Space Agency ESA, European researchers have found that the ice sheet covering the interior of Greenland has gotten thicker at a rate of more than 6 centimeters per year. Another analysis published three months ago shows similar results...
- Tags: elevation, ice sheet, Greenland Ice Sheet
- Blog posts 2005-11-08
- Images: Sighting asteroids for target practice
- The European Space Agency has named two potential targets for its asteroid-diverting program.
- Tags: European Space Agency
- Image galleries 2005-09-28
- Images: Sighting asteroids for target practice
- The European Space Agency has named two potential targets for its asteroid-diverting program.
- Tags: European Space Agency
- Image galleries 2005-09-28
- Don Quijote and the asteroids
- No, this is not the title of a sequel to what is probably the first novel in history. In this case, Don Quijote is the name of a space mission that will be launched in 2007 or later by the European Space Agency ESA. The goal of this mission is...
- Tags: asteroid, Don Quijote, European Space Agency
- Blog posts 2005-09-27
- Images: Target practice on asteroids
- The possibility of a too-close encounter with Earth has spurred the European Space Agency into action.
- Tags: European Space Agency, encounter, Earth
- Image galleries 2005-09-27
- Images: Target practice on asteroids
- The possibility of a too-close encounter with Earth has spurred the European Space Agency into action.
- Tags: European Space Agency, encounter, Earth
- Image galleries 2005-09-27
Additional Resources
- ESA News Reader for iPhone 1.6.5 (Mobile)
- ESA News Reader for iPhone News Reader grabs the top stories from the European Space Agency and delivers them to your iPhone and iTouch. Keep up with the latest ESA news in one place. The news feed covers top news, ESA in-depth, operations, education, human space flight, navigation, observing the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Splaysoft, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-10-21
- White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopes
- White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopesWhen you quit...reading them.RE: White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopesThe Webb telescope that will be launched after Hubble is decomissioned will be able to measure infrared just as well as the Planck and Herschel. The upgrades that...
- Tags: NASA, White House, Hubble
- Discussion threads 2009-05-10
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