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Space debris hazards spotlighted at conference10 December 2012
Space debris hazards spotlighted at conference10 December 2012 In 2013, ESA will host a gathering of international specialists to study space debris hazards. The four-day event will spotlight the risks posed to space exploration by the growing number of debris objects in near-Earth space.
Global workshop to spotlight ESA’s ground station expertise15 November 2012
Global workshop to spotlight ESA’s ground station expertise15 November 2012 Operating missions in deep space requires sophisticated tracking stations as well as engineering knowhow. A workshop hosted by ESA will highlight the latest developments in the craft of communicating with spacecraft orbiting in our Solar System, hundr...
Connecting via the interplanetary Internet09 November 2012
Connecting via the interplanetary Internet09 November 2012 NASA astronaut Sunita Williams recently controlled an ESA rover in Germany from the International Space Station in a joint test of a communication protocol designed for interplanetary spaceflight.
Using space internet to control robots17 October 2012
Using space internet to control robots17 October 2012 ESA and NASA have tested a communications protocol that will allow astronauts to control robots from space stations orbiting planets or asteroids. The test marks the way for a trial-run with an astronaut on the International Space Station next week.
ESA planning missions to take out space trash27 September 2012
ESA planning missions to take out space trash27 September 2012 Half a century of space exploration has created a shroud of junk around Earth. As part of its Clean Space initiative, ESA plans to tackle the problem directly: by designing dedicated removal missions.
ESA hands over control of the Metop-B weather satellite to EUMETSAT21 September 2012
ESA hands over control of the Metop-B weather satellite to EUMETSAT21 September 2012 PR 30 2012 – Yesterday, at 18:30 local time EUMETSAT took control of Metop-B operations, following the three-day Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) conducted by the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) of the European Space Agency (ESA). The hando...
