European Space Agency
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Russia: No space for space tourists...of Japan and NASA astronaut Timothy J. Creamer. The mammoth station consists of 10 modules built by the United States, Russia, Canada, Japan and the 18-nation European Space Agency. Doubling of its permanent crew will allow other... In this article: Sergei Krikalyov, Russia, Soyuz, Guy Laliberte, Earth, United States, International Space Station, and European Space Agency |
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BBC News | November 18, 2009
Mercury mission clears key hurdle
...hurdle The venture will combine the efforts of Europe and Japan Science delegations to the European Space Agency have approved a much more expensive mission to Mercury. BepiColombo, due for launch in 2014, was supposed to have cost Esa...
In this article: Mercury, Messenger, BepiColombo, Europe, Soyuz, Magnetic field, and Japan
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Stuff | November 04, 2009
New images proof of moon landing
...of scientific equipment. The European Space Agency, Japan, India, China and the United States have recently mapped and probed the moon's surface as a result of increased interest in our nearest neighbour. The spike in focus on the moon...
In this article: NASA, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Apollo 17, Selene, Moon, Japan, United States, Apollo 11 landing site, and George W Bush
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CNET News.com | November 17, 2009
U.S. and China agree to explore space cooperation
...aboard Soyuz capsules at $50 million a seat. The International Space Station is operated as a cooperative venture among the United States, Russia, the European Space Agency, Canada, and Japan. Complex inter-agency agreements govern the...
In this article: NASA, United States, China, International Space Station, John Logsdon, CNET, and Chevy Volt
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boston.com - Science news | October 13, 2009
Billionaire calls his trip to space a success
...the space station and dinner in the U.S. segment. The mammoth station consists of 10 modules built by the United States, Russia, Canada, Japan and the 18-nation European Space Agency. Laliberte may be among the last space tourists for...
In this article: Michael Barratt, Earth, International Space Station, Robert Thirsk, Sergei Brin, NASA, United States, Democracy, and All rights reserved
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CNET News.com | November 16, 2009
Shuttle Atlantis takes off on station delivery mission
...be delivered to the International Space Station by unmanned Russian Progress spacecraft, the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle, or ATV, Japan's new HTV cargo carrier, and commercial providers now in the process of designing...
In this article: Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station, Charles Hobaugh, NASA, Space Shuttle, and Oxygen
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The European Space Agency (ESA), established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states. Headquartered in Paris, ESA has a staff of close to 2,000 with an annual budget of about €3.6 billion in 2009.
ESA's main spaceport is the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana. It is close to the equator, hence commercially important orbits are easier to access. ESA became the market leader in commercial space launches in the 1990s. In recent years, ESA has also established itself as a major player in space exploration.
ESA science missions are based at ESTEC in Noordwijk, Netherlands, Earth Observation missions at ESRIN in Frascati, Italy, ESA Mission Control (ESOC) is in Darmstadt, Germany, the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) that trains astronauts for future missions is situated in Cologne, Germany and the European Space Astronomy Centre is located in Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain.
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