European Space Agency

...following decades. In June 2009, Simonetta Di Pippo, the European Space Agency's (Esa) director of human space flight, said she shared Russia's vision of the future space station as a platform for deep space missions. "I have continuous...

In this article: Russia, NASA, Soyuz, Orion spacecraft, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, and Cape Canaveral, Florida

...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...

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...Susanne Mecklenburg said. The SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) Earth Explorer satellite and ESA's Proba-2 were launched into orbit together from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia on 2 November. Adapted from materials...

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...forecasts and warnings of extreme events, such as floods. The Esa satellite was launched by a Rockot vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, in the early hours of Monday. It carries a single instrument - an interferometric...

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...warming impact on water The European Space Agency on Monday launched a water tracking satellite that will help give faster predictions of floods and other extreme weather incidents caused by global warming. The 315 million euro (460...

In this article: Climate change, Global warming, Carbon dioxide, Lithium, Europe, and Russia

...economic security and quality of life of all Iowans. The European Space Agency will launch the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Russia. Its mission is to generate global maps of soil moisture...

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...on Earth's water A 315-million-euro satellite that will gauge the impact of climate change on the movement of water across land, air and sea was hoisted into space early Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. The Soil Moisture and...

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...off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia on Monday morning. Jean-Jacques Dordain, director-general of the European Space Agency, said: "This is not just a satellite. This is a very important event. This is the second of our Earth...

In this article: Climate change, Jean-Jacques Dordain, and Russia