This year the International Paris Air Show will take place from 18 to 24 June at Le Bourget. The ESA Pavilion will be located in its usual place between the full scale models of the Ariane 1 and Ariane 5 launchers, next to the permanent Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget.
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ESA programme highlights at the Paris International Air Show at Le Bourget.
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The China National Space Administration (CNSA) becomes the newest member of the International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’, a joint initiative for providing emergency response satellite data free of charge to those affected by disasters anywhere in the world.
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After weeks of manoeuvres, Samba and Tango, two of ESA’s four Cluster satellites are now orbiting in formation, separated by only 17 km. This is the closest two ESA satellites have ever been in routine operations and will enable new scientific discoveries.
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Saturn’s moons Tethys and Dione are flinging great streams of particles into space, according to data from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini mission to Saturn. The discovery suggests the possibility of some sort of geological activity, perhaps even volcanic, on these icy worlds.
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Using measurements of the four ESA Cluster satellites, a study published this week in Nature Physics shows pioneering experimental evidence of magnetic reconnection also in turbulent ‘plasma’ around Earth.
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ESA PR 21-2007. A stronger Europe in space, better equipped and better coordinated to face the future needs of its citizens. A wider strategic scope to address new challenges, including the areas of security and defence space programmes, and space as an added dimension to the EU’s external relations.
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International astronauts in a lively, roundtable discussion on humanity’s next steps in space.
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ESA and Thales Alenia Space have signed a €229 million contract for the design and development of Sentinel-1, the first Earth observation satellite to be built for Europe’s Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis is due to lift off late tonight on its way to the International Space Station. Mission STS-117 will deliver and install components to increase the Station’s electricity generating capability and prepare for the arrival of new laboratory modules from ESA and the Japanese Space Agency.
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