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    10 May 2013 New software ideas get a step closer to space
    25 Apr 2013 Global experts agree action needed on space debris
    18 Apr 2013 Focus on growing threat of space debris
    12 Apr 2013 Call for Media: Conference on space debris risks and mitigation
    19 Feb 2013 ESA-developed software serving European industry
    04 Jan 2013 Getting to ESOC
    10 Dec 2012 Space debris hazards spotlighted at conference
    15 Nov 2012 Global workshop to spotlight ESA’s ground station expertise
    09 Nov 2012 Connecting via the interplanetary Internet
    17 Oct 2012 Using space internet to control robots
    16 Oct 2012 Join Europe’s space conversation
    27 Sep 2012 ESA planning missions to take out space trash
    21 Sep 2012 ESA hands over control of the Metop-B weather satellite to EUMETSAT
    17 Sep 2012 Europe’s second polar-orbiting weather satellite is aloft
    17 Sep 2012 Live: launch of MetOp-B
    07 Sep 2012 Weather satellite to be delivered in orbit to Eumetsat
    07 Sep 2012 YouTube SpaceLab winners to watch their experiments live from space
    06 Aug 2012 ESA spacecraft records crucial NASA signals from Mars
    03 Aug 2012 Mars Express marks the spot for Curiosity landing
    03 Aug 2012 Replay: Mars Express tracking NASA Mars landing
    03 Aug 2012 Timeline: ESA spacecraft and station track critical arrival at Mars
    27 Jul 2012 Call for Media: Mars Express supports NASA’s Curiosity landing
    25 Jul 2012 ESA's Mars Express supports dramatic landing on Mars
    20 Jul 2012 Second joint DLR and ESA SpaceTweetup at Berlin airshow
    16 Jul 2012 ESA hands over weather satellite for operations
    06 Jul 2012 MSG-3 set to ensure quality of Europe’s weather service from geostationary orbit
    04 Jul 2012 Watch online: MSG-3 launch
    03 Jul 2012 ESA’s mission control ready for MSG-3 launch
    29 Jun 2012 Sentinel mission control taking shape
    28 Jun 2012 New launch date confirmed for Metop-B
    25 Jun 2012 Coordinating radio waves that carry space data
    19 Jun 2012 ESA to catch laser beam from Moon mission
    18 Jun 2012 Global meeting highlights innovation for space operations
    25 May 2012 Future Space Station crew train to control rover from orbit
    15 May 2012 Watch replay: European SpaceLab finalists speak with André Kuipers and Don Pettit
    09 May 2012 Call for Media: Europe’s SpaceLab finalists link up with space and meet astronauts
    07 May 2012 Terraforming a landscape for a robotic rover
    24 Apr 2012 Watch replay: ESA astronaut André Kuipers working with students
    24 Apr 2012 MetOp-B mission control team image gallery
    20 Apr 2012 Investigation on Envisat continues
    20 Apr 2012 Innovative nanosat will test space software
    13 Apr 2012 Designing the interplanetary web
    12 Apr 2012 Envisat services interrupted
    08 Mar 2012 Large solar flares generate geomagnetic storm
    07 Mar 2012 Chancellor Merkel speaks with André in space
    02 Mar 2012 André Kuipers to speak with Chancellor Merkel from space
    01 Mar 2012 Happy birthday, Envisat
    14 Feb 2012 Orbital science within reach of the public
    10 Feb 2012 Spotlight on ground systems engineering at ESA
    07 Feb 2012 MSG ground controllers plug into satellite for live test
    31 Jan 2012 Space Station manoeuvres to avoid space debris
    15 Dec 2011 First laser measurements of Europe's Galileo satellites made from Chile
    25 Nov 2011 Space Lab student competition on YouTube attracts 5500 teams
    25 Nov 2011 ESA station unable to establish new link with Phobos-Grunt
    24 Nov 2011 Mars Express steadily returns to routine operation
    24 Nov 2011 ESA station keeps contact with Russian Mars mission Phobos-Grunt
    23 Nov 2011 ESA tracking station establishes contact with Russia’s Mars mission
    23 Nov 2011 ESA tracking station establishes contact with Russia's Phobos Mars mission
    04 Nov 2011 Galileo satellites handed over to control centre in Germany
    28 Oct 2011 A global discussion: directions for space science research
    21 Oct 2011 One Soyuz launcher, two Galileo satellites, three successes for Europe
    18 Oct 2011 Joint ESA/CNES team leads initial Galileo operations
    30 Jun 2011 'Dirty hack' restores Cluster mission from near loss
    29 Jun 2011 Driving a robot from Space Station
    15 Jun 2011 Giotto approach to Comet Halley
    14 Jun 2011 REPLAYING: 25 years of comet science
    from ESA/ESOC 15 June 16:30-17:30 CEST
    09 Jun 2011 Call for Media: Giotto and Rosetta – 25 years of comet science
    30 May 2011 Take part in ESA's Cool Comet Campaign
    13 Apr 2011 Advanced Mission Concepts and Technologies Office
    11 Apr 2011 Commemorating five decades of human spaceflight
    01 Apr 2011 Ten years of Advanced Mission Concepts and Technologies Office
    23 Mar 2011 Space software in spotlight at global workshop in Darmstadt
    11 Mar 2011 Giotto, ESA's first deep-space mission: 25 years ago
    11 Mar 2011 ESA remembers the night of the comet
    14 Jan 2011 ESA operations centre to be expanded
    02 Nov 2010 Last 'tango' in space
    20 Oct 2010 Call for media: reacting to threat of asteroid impacts
    15 Oct 2010 Satellite-control software helps the oil and gas industry
    07 Sep 2010 GOCE gravity mission back in action
    01 Sep 2010 Satellite navigation steers unmanned micro-planes
    27 Aug 2010 Ten years flying in formation: The legendary Cluster quartet
    25 Aug 2010 ESA’s pioneering Cluster mission is celebrating its 10th anniversary – Invitation to a media briefing on 1 September 2010
    09 Aug 2010 ESA Knowledge Management conference - videos and presentation files
    16 Jul 2010 Cluster's decade of discovery
    14 Jul 2010 Media briefing on space weather and ESA's Space Situational Awareness programme: COSPAR Bremen
    11 Jul 2010 Watch REPLAY of Lutetia flyby webcast
    30 Jun 2010 Call for Media: Rosetta flyby of asteroid Lutetia on 10 July
    28 Jun 2010 European Ground System Architecture Workshop (ESAW) 2011
    13 Apr 2010 Photo gallery: Cryosat-2 launch event at ESOC
    09 Apr 2010 Webcast: Climate science featured at CryoSat-2 launch event
    08 Apr 2010 Successful launch for ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice satellite
    08 Apr 2010 ESOC confirms CryoSat-2 GO for launch
    06 Apr 2010 CryoSat-2 launch rehearsal image gallery
    06 Apr 2010 CryoSat-2 launch timeline
    05 Mar 2010 ESA hands over a piece of space history
    16 Feb 2010 3rd International Conference on Managing Knowledge for Space Missions
    26 Jan 2010 ESA/ESOC - European Space Operations Centre profile video
    19 Jan 2010 Media invitation: 10 years XMM-Newton - Celebration Talks
    14 Jan 2010 Celebrating the fifth anniversary of Huygens’ Titan touchdown
    18 Dec 2009 Jupiter and the MCR: 30 years of Ariane
    18 Dec 2009 Jupiter and the MCR: 30 years of Ariane
    18 Nov 2009 Herschel & Planck at Centralstation
    04 Nov 2009 Follow Rosetta’s final Earth boost
    28 Oct 2009 Search and rescue aid wins navigation prize
    23 Oct 2009 SMOS Payload Operations Engineer: interview with Guillermo Buenadicha
    16 Oct 2009 New concept may enhance Earth-Mars communication
    25 Sep 2009 ESA candidate astronauts visit ESA's control centre
    15 Sep 2009 Poster art of the space era
    11 Sep 2009 ESOC's ‘Long Nights of Stars 2009’ in review
    17 Aug 2009 Michael Jones: impressions on 35 years at ESOC
    21 Jul 2009 ESA Business Incubation at ESOC
    20 Jul 2009 ESA Business Incubation at ESOC
    16 Jul 2009 European experts operate Apollo tracking network
    08 Jun 2009 Tickets for the ‘Long Nights of Stars 2009’ at ESOC
    20 May 2009 Galleries: Herschel & Planck launch at ESOC
    14 May 2009 Follow Herschel & Planck launch at ESA's dedicated websites
    05 May 2009 Touching the Edge of the Universe world premiere
    27 Apr 2009 ESOC hosts the IAA's 7th Regional Academy Day
    16 Apr 2009 Hessen regional kick-off for the European Satellite Navigation Competition
    01 Apr 2009 Experts speak 1: video highlights from ESA's space debris conference
    30 Mar 2009 Europe's largest space debris conference kicks off
    30 Mar 2009 Europe's largest space debris conference kicks off
    30 Mar 2009 Workshop on managing knowledge forms a KM 'Community of Practice'
    25 Mar 2009 Fifth European Conference on Space Debris to address key issues
    24 Mar 2009 Senior EU leaders at ESOC
    17 Mar 2009 ESA launches Earth Explorer mission GOCE
    11 Mar 2009 Follow GOCE launch on Twitter
    06 Mar 2009 ESOC marks International Women’s Day
    24 Feb 2009 ESA planetarium show website now live
    18 Feb 2009 Bergsträsser Space Days 19-21 February
    11 Dec 2008 5th European Conference on Space debris - conference details
    19 Nov 2008 IPAYMO – secure mobile payment aided by navigation satellites
    13 Nov 2008 Seventy educators hosted at ESA science workshop
    30 Oct 2008 ESOC Theatre Group to stage "Dancing at Lughnasa"
    30 Oct 2008 ESOC Theatre Group celebrates 20 years
    27 Oct 2008 Swiss Astronautics Association honours Walter Flury
    23 Oct 2008 XMM-Newton talks again loud and clear
    17 Oct 2008 Building a safer space together
    23 Sep 2008 ESOC hosts visit of Petra Roth, Lord Mayor of Frankfurt/Main
    05 Sep 2008 Rosetta Steins fly-by confirmed
    22 Aug 2008 'Mars Webcam' now online
    20 May 2008 SpaceOps 2008 galleries now available
    20 May 2008 Mars Express mission controllers ready for NASA Phoenix landing
    16 May 2008 Global space conference highlights trends in automation and space debris issues
    13 May 2008 SpaceOps 2008 conference successfully launched
    06 May 2008 Hessen regional kick-off for the Galileo Masters competition
    29 Apr 2008 Artificial intelligence for robotic exploration: Q&A with Ari Kristinn Jónsson
    29 Apr 2008 Artificial intelligence boosts science from Mars
    18 Apr 2008 ESA and Spain's INTA update ESTRACK station agreement
    17 Apr 2008 Top space agencies to take part in Europe's 'SpaceOps 2008'
    10 Apr 2008 Space debris: evolution in pictures
    19 Feb 2008 Bergstrasse Space Days 21-23 February
    14 Feb 2008 German Chancellor Merkel calls ISS
    23 Jan 2008 ESOC hosts visit from UK science minister
    11 Jan 2008 ESOC 40th anniversary gallery
    21 Dec 2007 Walter Flury
    19 Dec 2007 40th anniversary: history, emotion, future
    19 Dec 2007 ESOC 40th anniversary event marks history, emotion, future
    12 Dec 2007 ESA pays tribute to ESOC's 40th anniversary
    12 Dec 2007 Georgios Gkekas
    12 Dec 2007 Elisabet Canalias Vila
    12 Dec 2007 Elisabeth Ackerler
    12 Dec 2007 Klaus Lenhart
    12 Dec 2007 Herwig Laue
    12 Dec 2007 Voices of experience, leaders of the future
    12 Dec 2007 1992: Eureca in dramatic Shuttle deployment
    12 Dec 2007 ESA pays tribute to ESOC's 40th anniversary
    12 Dec 2007 1989: Rescuing satellites
    12 Dec 2007 1967: ESDAC evolves into ESOC
    03 Dec 2007 Columbus Blog now live
    30 Nov 2007 Siegmar Pallaschke: 41 years at ESOC
    22 Nov 2007 ESA celebrates 30 years of Meteosat
    01 Nov 2007 ESA transmits first-ever telecommands to Chinese satellite
    26 Oct 2007 ESA tracking support essential to Chinese mission
    09 Oct 2007 ESA Spacecraft Operations site update
    27 Sep 2007 German state secretary in first visit to ESA Operations Centre
    21 Sep 2007 EuroNews looks at space debris
    20 Sep 2007 Peru meteorite strike highlights need for expanded scientific knowledge
    13 Sep 2007 Future deep-space missions drive ESA ground station evolution
    12 Sep 2007 ESA hosts international conference on tracking and commanding spacecraft
    07 Sep 2007 ESA support to NASA Phoenix highlights beneficial Mars cooperation
    03 Sep 2007 500 days at Venus, and the surprises keep coming
    31 Aug 2007 SMART-1: Europe on the Moon, one year on
    16 Aug 2007 Tracking & Command: ESA to host international conference
    03 Aug 2007 Successful Jules Verne rendezvous simulation at ATV Control Centre
    25 Jul 2007 ESOC: "Where Missions Come Alive" - profile video
    27 Jun 2007 Parliamentary visit to ESOC highlights Earth observation benefits
    25 Jun 2007 ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter and crew mates at ESOC - gallery
    22 Jun 2007 ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter and crew mates report on Astrolab mission
    20 Jun 2007 Cluster achieves closest-ever separation for two ESA spacecraft
    15 Jun 2007 New era for ESA Redu ground station
    14 Jun 2007 ESA ground operations: working smarter, better
    09 May 2007 UAE Minister of Economy briefed on ESA services
    30 Apr 2007 Track ESA spacecraft online
    26 Apr 2007 Future space engineers at ESOC's Girls' Day event
    11 Apr 2007 Shared satellite architecture enables more efficient mission control
    02 Apr 2007 ESA and NASA extend ties with major new cross-support agreement
    28 Mar 2007 ESA open-source software supports Germany's TerraSAR-X
    25 Feb 2007 Rosetta lander measures Mars' magnetic environment around close approach
    25 Feb 2007 Stunning view of Rosetta skimming past Mars
    25 Feb 2007 Beautiful new images from Rosetta’s approach to Mars: OSIRIS UPDATE
    25 Feb 2007 Rosetta successfully swings-by Mars – next target: Earth
    25 Feb 2007 Rosetta swingby update - 03:13 CET 25 February
    24 Feb 2007 Rosetta swingby update - 22:00 CET 24 February
    23 Feb 2007 Timeline: Mars swingby at 36 000 km/hr
    20 Feb 2007 Rosetta in critical Mars swingby
    15 Feb 2007 Rosetta correctly lined up for critical Mars swingby
    10 Feb 2007 ESDA/ESOC host 'Jugend Forscht 2007' youth science competition
    02 Feb 2007 Sophisticated ESA space weather tool under development
    31 Jan 2007 How SMART-1 has made European space exploration smarter
    30 Jan 2007 "Start zur ISS" video
    22 Jan 2007 Significant milestone for Columbus flight readiness
    15 Jan 2007 Third SineQuaNet workshop to be held in Darmstadt, Germany
    11 Jan 2007 Innovative ideas to leverage Galileo data
    29 Nov 2006 ESOC swings into action for Rosetta swingby
    22 Nov 2006 T-Online and ESA enable Europe's first web video chat from space
    19 Oct 2006 Europe’s new MetOp weather satellite reaches polar orbit
    16 Oct 2006 MetOp: ESA controllers ready for critical launch and early orbit phase
    26 Sep 2006 European students visit ESOC for expert EO mission advice
    26 Sep 2006 Mars Express successfully powers through eclipse season
    03 Sep 2006 SMART-1 impact update
    02 Sep 2006 Amateur observers prepare to watch SMART-1 impact
    02 Sep 2006 Intense final hours for SMART-1
    31 Aug 2006 SMART-1 maps its own impact site
    17 Aug 2006 Besuchen Sie das ESOC
    20 Jul 2006 German Chancellor makes in-flight call to ISS
    18 Jul 2006 German Chancellor Angela Merkel to hold live in-flight call with ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter on board the ISS
    12 Jul 2006 ESOC flight controllers ready for MetOp launch
    30 Jun 2006 ESOC's Werner Frank on the past and future of space operations
    30 Jun 2006 Das Gefühl kurz vor dem Start
    29 Jun 2006 Q&A with Alan Smith on 41 years in space
    29 Jun 2006 ESA's Navigation Facility ready for the future
    20 Jun 2006 Planetary missions, ground systems engineering on show at SpaceOps 2006
    12 Jun 2006 Good visibility for ISS from Germany this month
    01 Jun 2006 ESOC goes to SpaceOps 2006
    16 May 2006 Highly precise geo-information may help predict tsunamis, earthquakes
    28 Apr 2006 IGS Workshop, 8-12 May 2006
    21 Apr 2006 ESOC Boosts Girls' Day
    13 Apr 2006 Unexpected detail in first-ever Venus south pole images
    11 Apr 2006 Neuer planetarer Erfolg für Europa: Venus Express erreicht Umlaufbahn
    11 Apr 2006 ESOC Webcam now on
    28 Mar 2006 Girl's Day album
    02 Mar 2006 Winning postcards from Venus chosen
    22 Feb 2006 ECB president Trichet visits ESOC
    17 Feb 2006 ESA, German state of Hessen establish joint Galileo incubator centre
    17 Feb 2006 Successful Venus Express main engine test
    07 Feb 2006 Unique in-flight upgrade for XMM-Newton ground systems
    26 Jan 2006 Jugend Forscht 2006: ESOC hosts youth science competition
    13 Jan 2006 The Huygens landing:
    one year on
    12 Jan 2006 Expanding cooperation: German ground station tracks ESA Moon mission
    23 Dec 2005 Galileo: ESA Operations Centre contributes valuable expertise
    11 Nov 2005 Venus Express performs flawlessly, LEOP complete
    10 Nov 2005 Venus Express launch event album
    10 Nov 2005 Venus Express mission operations update
    09 Nov 2005 "Venus Express, give me a GO/NO GO for launch..."
    09 Nov 2005 Venus Express en route to probe the planet's hidden mysteries
    28 Oct 2005 Educational CubeSats deployed from SSETI Express
    26 Oct 2005 ESA Ministerial Council 2005 - Listen to the Press Conference
    21 Oct 2005 First woman in space visits ESOC
    08 Oct 2005 CryoSat Mission lost due to launch failure
    26 Sep 2005 ESA selects targets for asteroid-deflecting mission Don Quijote
    22 Sep 2005 Mars Express mission extended
    20 Sep 2005 SpaceOps 2006 call for papers
    09 Sep 2005 Tracking Europe's visitor to Venus
    05 Jul 2005 ESOC 'Skunk Works' Strong on Innovation
    17 Jun 2005 ESOC symposium highlights smarter, cheaper space operations
    08 Jun 2005 Photo album: German Chancellor visit to ESOC
    01 Jun 2005 Chancellor Schröder makes 30th anniversary ESOC visit
    01 Jun 2005 ESOC builds reputation for mission recovery
    31 May 2005 ESOC memories: 30 years of passion and excitement
    26 May 2005 30 Jahre ESA Medienpartner
    20 May 2005 A pioneer reflects on ESA's thirty years
    18 May 2005 Girl's Day album
    05 May 2005 Hightech aus Deutschland: Das Mars-Superauge
    27 Apr 2005 Girl's Day grows with ESA support
    18 Apr 2005 Space debris experts gather at ESOC
    18 Apr 2005 Rosetta Up Close photo contest winners announced
    17 Mar 2005 ESOC: Focal point for ESA space debris activities
    16 Mar 2005 Space debris: assessing the risk
    16 Mar 2005 4th European Conference on Space Debris 18-20 April 2005
    11 Mar 2005 Women's Day event helps boost awareness
    09 Mar 2005 Moonrise above the Pacific
    07 Mar 2005 Rosetta's view of Earth
    04 Mar 2005 ESOC to observe Women's Day
    10 Feb 2005 Photos of historic ESA Huygens event
    25 Jan 2005 Jugend forscht 2005: ESOC hosts youth science competition
    19 Jan 2005 World media at ESOC for Huygens landing
    15 Jan 2005 Huygens science results press presentation
    15 Jan 2005 Sounds of an alien world
    14 Jan 2005 Huygens enters Titan's atmosphere - media coverage intense
    13 Jan 2005 Timeline for Huygens' descent
    13 Jan 2005 Huygens timeline
    11 Jan 2005 Virtual visit to ESA's Spacecraft Operations Centre
    10 Jan 2005 Huygens descent timeline
    25 Dec 2004 Huygens begins its final journey into the unknown
    24 Dec 2004 What are Lagrange points?
    16 Dec 2004 Fun for kids – big and small
    18 Nov 2004 SMART-1 gains media spotlight
    05 Nov 2004 University students glimpse future with ESA
    12 Oct 2004 ESOC childcare centre fosters family support
    30 Sep 2004 Video: ESOC amateur radio contact with ISS thrills crowd
    21 Sep 2004 Sell-out crowd wowed by ESOC's Long Night of the Stars
    16 Sep 2004 Long Night of the Stars for 3000 space fans
    14 Sep 2004 Spacecraft Operations Manager: An interview with Andrea Accomazzo
    10 Sep 2004 Learn more about how spacecraft operate
    11 Aug 2004 ESOC overview
    18 Feb 2004 Spacecraft Operations Manager: An interview with Andrea Accomazzo
    12 Jun 2003 Observations: Seeing in infrared wavelengths
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