Reuters – Europe will set down its own stake in space next week with the launch of the Columbus science laboratory to the International Space Station, ending a quarter century in which European space pioneers had to run their experiments on orbital outposts owned by others.
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ESA PR 35-2007. With NASA’s announcement today of the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on 6 December, ESA astronauts Hans Schlegel, from Germany, and Leopold Eyharts, from France, are set to carry ESA’s Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station.
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Once considered as secondary bodies, moons are now well known because of long-term exploration missions that study and observe them at the same level as their mother planet. This week on ‘Space’, EuroNews looks at the importance of Astro satellites in the Jupiter and Saturn systems.
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Right in time for the festive season, ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has discovered a huge cloud of high-temperature gas resting in a spectacular nearby star-forming region, shaped somewhat like the silhouette of Santa Claus.
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SPACE.com – NASA'sshuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew are on track for a planned Dec. 6launch to the International Space Station (ISS), mission managers said lateFriday.
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SPACE.com – A privatespaceflight firm is developing a new unmanned spacecraft in hopes of deliveringcargo for NASA missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Reuters – The European Union's planned satellite navigation system cleared a major hurdle on Friday, gaining backing from all EU countries including Spain.
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Heraklion, Crete: An earthquake has just shaken the Greek island. Damage is widespread and all conventional, terrestrial communications have been destroyed. The rescue operations have only one means at their disposal that has not been affected by the quake – a satellite which, from its altitude of 36 000 kilometres, can immediately link the locations involved in the catastrophe with the appropriate authorities.
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SPACE.com – Top NASAofficials are expected to set a firm December launch date today for the shuttleAtlantis and a European laboratory bound for the International Space Station(ISS).
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AP – NASA has cleared Atlantis for a Thursday launch, one month after the last space shuttle flight and a flurry of work since then getting the international space station ready for a new laboratory.
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