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    26 Mar 2013 Goldfinger
    27 Feb 2013 Astronaut Cruise control
    04 Feb 2013 Finding the key to immunity
    16 Jan 2013 ESA workhorse to power NASA’s Orion spacecraft
    23 Nov 2012 Ready for winter
    12 Nov 2012 Get some rest
    09 Nov 2012 Summer has arrived
    05 Nov 2012 Hypergravity helping aircraft fly further
    05 Oct 2012 Capturing the Sun in a computer
    23 Aug 2012 Ten years and still going strong for Microgravity Science Glovebox
    19 Jul 2012 Aurora Australis over Concordia station 18 July
    18 Jul 2012 Listening to the past and talking to the future
    11 Jul 2012 The worm that feels at home in space
    09 Jul 2012 Space for dessert?
    26 Jun 2012 Wrapping up six months of work
    22 Jun 2012 The toughest life on Earth
    12 Jun 2012 Delving inside Earth from space
    11 May 2012 Farewell to the Sun
    10 May 2012 Wanted: doctors who are not afraid of the dark
    08 May 2012 Keeping immune cells alive and kicking
    07 May 2012 Terraforming a landscape for a robotic rover
    01 May 2012 Follow online: International Space Station symposium in Berlin
    20 Apr 2012 Call for Media: International Space Station symposium in Berlin
    18 Apr 2012 Life after Mars
    07 Mar 2012 Chancellor Merkel speaks with André in space
    05 Mar 2012 Joint statement by International Space Station Heads of Agency
    28 Feb 2012 André’s PromISSe mission extended on Space Station
    14 Feb 2012 Orbital science within reach of the public
    13 Feb 2012 Maser rocket experiments sounding good
    10 Feb 2012 ESA ISS Science & System - Operations Status Report # 112 Increment 30
    27 Jan 2012 Voyage to the most isolated base on Earth
    17 Jan 2012 Call for Concordia research MD Candidates
    22 Dec 2011 Season’s greetings from the other extreme
    19 Dec 2011 European Mars500 crew on tour
    04 Nov 2011 Welcome back and thank you, Mars500
    31 Oct 2011 Hooray for glovebox milestone – and faster computers
    28 Oct 2011 A global discussion: directions for space science research
    28 Oct 2011 Mars500 crew prepare to open the hatch
    26 Oct 2011 Countdown is on!
    25 Oct 2011 Mars500: audio and video material for media
    10 Oct 2011 Call for media: Mars500, welcome back to Earth
    05 Oct 2011 Very southern science at Concordia
    14 Sep 2011 Human Spaceflight and Operations Science Newsletter
    01 Sep 2011 Mars500: two months away from ‘arrival at Earth’
    26 Aug 2011 Mars500 video diary 13: Martian pizza and other creative cookery
    18 Aug 2011 First 3D video transmission live from space
    27 Jul 2011 New uses for Space Station
    25 Jul 2011 Eyeing the home planet
    29 Jun 2011 Expert’s reentry flap endures hot baptism
    15 Jun 2011 The importance of mixing
    06 Jun 2011 Europe’s new way to experiment in partial gravity
    03 Jun 2011 One year in isolation
    31 May 2011 Looking at the volatile side of the Moon
    19 May 2011 AMS: ready to discover the particle universe
    11 May 2011 Total isolation for Mars500
    02 May 2011 Exploring Rio Tinto Eurobotically
    21 Apr 2011 Calling all candidates for Concordia
    11 Mar 2011 SOLAR: three years observing and ready for solar maximum
    11 Mar 2011 About science and space
    11 Mar 2011 Fasting for science on Space Station
    14 Feb 2011 Walking on 'Mars'
    09 Feb 2011 Unpacking the Lander and preparing for a hike on Mars
    02 Feb 2011 Mars500 ‘arrives’ in orbit around Mars
    27 Jan 2011 Call for Media: witness Mars500 crew emerge onto alien surface
    26 Jan 2011 Approaching the Red Planet
    13 Jan 2011 Studying Paolo’s brains
    20 Dec 2010 Mars500 video diary 9: Science and experiments
    07 Dec 2010 The new – suborbital – frontier
    03 Nov 2010 Mars500 video diary 8 - The barber shop on the way to Mars
    21 Oct 2010 Win an ESA fellowship with GeoFlow Challenge
    15 Oct 2010 Facing the radiation dangers of interplanetary travel
    16 Sep 2010 Next step for ESA’s first Moon lander
    15 Sep 2010 105 days in isolation – and counting – for 400 more
    06 Sep 2010 Mars500 video diary 7 - Preparing the meals (with a shaker)
    13 Aug 2010 Now calling passengers for the Moon and Mars
    11 Aug 2010 Call for Media: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer arrives at launch site
    20 Jul 2010 Challenging Einstein on the ISS: ACES takes a step ahead
    07 Jun 2010 Doctor needed in Antarctica
    03 Jun 2010 Hatch closed: 18-month Mars500 mission has begun
    25 May 2010 Call for Media: launch of Mars500 mission on 3 June in Moscow
    10 May 2010 Mars500 European crew selected and ready to go
    26 Mar 2010 High ride with Maxus-8
    24 Mar 2010 Celebrating mission success: the EuTEF Post-Flight Symposium at ESTEC
    22 Feb 2010 ESA ISS Science & System - Operations Status Report # 61
    Increment 22
    16 Feb 2010 Anti and dark matter detective AMS arrives at ESTEC
    16 Feb 2010 Anti and dark matter detective AMS arrives at ESTEC
    01 Feb 2010 Live long and prosper, Xanthoria elegans
    20 Jan 2010 Concordia calling
    08 Jan 2010 ESA ISS Science & System - Operations Status Report # 57
    Increment 22
    06 Jan 2010 Good vibrations
    17 Dec 2009 Waiting for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
    15 Dec 2009 PHARAO atomic clock agreement signed by ESA and CNES
    26 Nov 2009 Fly me to ... a lunar parabola
    22 Nov 2009 Texus-46’s flight to the weightless world
    05 Nov 2009 ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign successfully completed in Bordeaux
    30 Oct 2009 ESA calls for ideas for climate change experiments from ISS
    27 Oct 2009 Call for Ideas for experiments for global climate change studies from the International Space Station
    20 Oct 2009 Volunteers wanted for simulated 520-day Mars mission
    18 Sep 2009 Call for Ideas to be released for climate change studies from ISS
    14 Sep 2009 EuTEF's scientific experiments and preliminary results
    14 Sep 2009 EuTEF mission comes to a successful end
    14 Jul 2009 Mission accomplished: 105-day Mars mission simulation ends in Moscow
    14 Jul 2009 Mars500 diary: The end is close
    08 Jul 2009 Mars500 diary: nearing mission end
    30 Jun 2009 Mars500 diary: entered landing module
    29 Jun 2009 Would you like to join the crew of the Concordia station in the Antartica?
    23 Jun 2009 Mars500 diary: a typical day
    19 Jun 2009 Media opportunity: crew completes 105-day simulated Mars mission 14 July
    16 Jun 2009 Mars500 diary: challenges on the way to Mars
    14 Jun 2009 Expert’s return ticket to space
    09 Jun 2009 Mars500 diary: another week of tests
    03 Jun 2009 Mars500 diary: a carefully planned menu
    26 May 2009 Mars500 diary: crossing the halfway line with complete confidence!
    19 May 2009 Mars500 diary: birthday celebration
    15 May 2009 Unique opportunity: ESA announces new research opportunities in space
    12 May 2009 Mars500 diary: start of a new cycle
    05 May 2009 Mars500 diary: testing, testing
    28 Apr 2009 Mars500 diary: week four and still alive!
    21 Apr 2009 Mars500 diary: looking for bacteria, fungi and ghosts
    14 Apr 2009 Mars500 diary: decorating
    07 Apr 2009 Mars500 diary: settling in
    31 Mar 2009 Russian-European crew starts 'Mars mission'
    30 Mar 2009 Mars500 diary: trial run
    27 Mar 2009 Protein experiment starts in Columbus laboratory
    23 Mar 2009 Mars500 diary: preparing for Mars
    11 Mar 2009 Exposure experiments installed outside International Space Station
    05 Mar 2009 Preparing for a journey to Mars: crew locked for 105 days in simulator – Last opportunity for media
    26 Feb 2009 Final European crewmembers announced for human Mars mission simulation
    11 Dec 2008 European Mars500 participants announced
    05 Dec 2008 ESA presents European participants in Mars500 isolation study
    26 Nov 2008 Space exposure experiments en route for Space Station
    10 Nov 2008 Step closer to crew selection for simulated Mars mission
    10 Nov 2008 Tiny animals survive exposure to space
    04 Nov 2008 Experiments airborne for 49th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign
    31 Oct 2008 Lunar Robotics Challenge: A successful cooperation within ESA
    14 Oct 2008 ESA's BIO-4 experiments arrive at ISS
    10 Sep 2008 Geoflow experiment starts the flow of data from the Fluid Science Laboratory
    07 Jul 2008 European rocket and balloon research symposium
    12 Jun 2008 Medical research on ice
    12 Jun 2008 Medical research on ice
    27 May 2008 Mars500 – European candidates selected
    17 Mar 2008 Landmark flight for ESA’s microgravity research
    12 Mar 2008 Student teams selected to take part in sounding rocket and balloon campaigns
    11 Mar 2008 Columbus camera captures first views of Earth
    29 Feb 2008 Plant growth experiment starts in Columbus
    30 Jan 2008 Sounding rockets set for lift-off
    17 Dec 2007 ESA microgravity research takes flight
    12 Nov 2007 Countdown for ESA’s 46th Parabolic Flight Campaign
    12 Oct 2007 Malaysian astronaut to work on ESA experiments
    02 Oct 2007 Preparing for Mars500 - a simulated mission to Mars
    26 Sep 2007 Foton-M3 experiments return to Earth
    25 Sep 2007 YES2 student payload released from Foton-M3
    25 Sep 2007 Foton-M3 experiments monitored from ground stations
    24 Sep 2007 Fluid theory confirmed by Foton
    14 Sep 2007 Lift-off for Foton microgravity mission
    13 Sep 2007 Foton-M3 on schedule for launch
    11 Sep 2007 Foton-M3 mission to launch European experiments
    30 Jul 2007 Live 3-D broadcast to Munich cinema theater
    06 Jul 2007 Eurobot makes a splash
    21 Jun 2007 IMPRESS project attracts major new industrial partner
    19 Jun 2007 ESA seeks candidates for simulated 'Missions to Mars' in 2008/2009
    10 May 2007 Students test 'space postal service' during Foton mission
    02 Apr 2007 ESA prepares for a human mission to Mars
    01 Mar 2007 Scientists rehearse for Foton mission
    11 Jan 2007 Major industrial partner joins IMPRESS Project
    24 Nov 2006 Closing in on sprites
    21 Nov 2006 Relax your heart in space
    18 Sep 2006 First woman space tourist on her way to the ISS
    12 Sep 2006 ESA experiments with spaceflight participant Ansari to ISS
    06 Sep 2006 MARES - measuring muscle strength in space
    15 May 2006 Successful launch of Texus 43 sounding rocket
    05 May 2006 Successful launch of ESA experiments on Maxus 7 sounding rocket
    21 Apr 2006 ESA Hosts 2006 Student Parabolic Flight Preparatory Workshop
    04 Jan 2006 What no bubbles? Results of the ARIEL experiment from Foton-M2 mission
    21 Dec 2005 Mission to Mars via Antarctica
    08 Dec 2005 Paving the way for women to Mars: the last WISE volunteers back on their feet
    07 Dec 2005 After 60 days in bed, it's time to get up!
    01 Dec 2005 IMPRESS project: first in-flight results onboard Texus sounding rocket
    15 Nov 2005 The SURE project, a new opportunity for European research in space
    08 Nov 2005 Lichen survives in space
    19 Oct 2005 News from a space phantom: The continuation of the Matroshka experiment
    07 Oct 2005 Re-entry technology demonstrator launched
    04 Oct 2005 WISE bed-rest study: second campaign under way
    13 Jul 2005 ESA awaits Space Shuttle’s return to flight
    22 Jun 2005 Successful Scientific Forum for IMPRESS Project
    20 Jun 2005 Results of life sciences research in space to be presented in Cologne
    16 Jun 2005 European experiments back on Earth with successful conclusion of Foton-M2 mission
    16 Jun 2005 Female volunteers prepare for a second 'bedrest'
    31 May 2005 European experiments successfully launched aboard Foton spacecraft
    31 May 2005 Foton mission on schedule for launch
    19 May 2005 Women rising to the challenge of weightlessness
    13 May 2005 Life Sciences Conference, 26 June-1 July
    06 May 2005 Floating in weightlessness – on Earth
    04 May 2005 Successful flight of Maser 10 rocket, marking the end of a historic era, ends with a hard landing
    20 Apr 2005 BOP experiment comes to successful end
    21 Mar 2005 WISE study starts in Toulouse: 60 days of bed-rest for terrestrial female astronauts
    08 Mar 2005 A 5-year strategy for bed rest studies: Call for Ideas
    25 Jan 2005 Final contracts signed for IMPRESS partners
    25 Jan 2005 Call for life sciences abstracts
    10 Dec 2004 Into space from the icy-cold Arctic
    09 Dec 2004 Travelling to Mars in your dreams?
    22 Nov 2004 Successful flight of Maxus 6 sounding rocket
    22 Nov 2004 How to be lighter than a feather
    22 Nov 2004 Maxus 6 ready for launch
    12 Nov 2004 Successful simulation of Foton-M2 mission
    04 Nov 2004 Inauguration of drop tower demonstrator
    28 Oct 2004 IMPRESS Integrated Project - New industrial materials with the help of space research
    26 Oct 2004 ESA's 38th Parabolic Flight Campaign
    21 Oct 2004 ESA looking for more European women to volunteer for WISE bed-rest study in Toulouse next year
    21 Oct 2004 Building on past research: the Erasmus Experiment Archive
    07 Sep 2004 Belated success for DELTA Mission HEAT experiment
    03 Sep 2004 Students ride zero-g roller coaster
    03 Aug 2004 ESA is looking for female volunteers for a bed-rest study in Toulouse next year
    22 Jul 2004 Life and Physical Sciences: new research opportunities
    15 Jul 2004 Adhesive forces in zero-g
    13 Jul 2004 Experiencing zero-g
    12 Jul 2004 7th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign: Familiarisation flight for ZeroGraptor
    09 Jul 2004 7th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign: Poly Smooth and Sphere
    07 Jul 2004 7th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign: 2nd experimental flight
    06 Jul 2004 7th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign Day 6: 1st experimental flight
    05 Jul 2004 7th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign Day 5: Spacerang and Funambule
    02 Jul 2004 7th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign Day 4: Frozen Space Researchers
    01 Jul 2004 7th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign Day 3: KaBoom
    01 Jul 2004 7th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign Day 1 and 2: Space GreenHouse
    28 Jun 2004 7th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign
    08 Jun 2004 ESA's 37th Parabolic Flight Campaign underway
    28 Apr 2004 DELTA Mission science programme nears completion
    26 Apr 2004 Super energy saving lamps one step closer to consumer
    06 Apr 2004 Parabolic flight workshop
    23 Mar 2004 Live Internet briefings 36th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign
    03 Feb 2004 European experiments ready for activation on ISS
    03 Dec 2003 Lose weight fast the ESA way!
    28 Nov 2003 Spacelab-1: Twenty years on
    04 Nov 2003 ESA and Rosaviakosmos sign up for two Foton flights
    23 Oct 2003 "It will be a while before astronauts are self-sufficient, using seeds actually grown in space"
    21 Oct 2003 "I have complete confidence in Pedro Duque"
    16 Oct 2003 35th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign Day two: the experiments continue
    15 Oct 2003 35th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign Day One: foggy take-off, sunny finish
    14 Oct 2003 Researchers fly away from gravity on the 35th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign
    26 Sep 2003 ZARM Drop Tower becomes ESA External Facility
    01 Sep 2003 The highs and lows in parabolic flights
    31 Jul 2003 6th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign Day 3: which way is up?
    29 Jul 2003 6th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign Day 2: blood clots and gas bubbles
    25 Jul 2003 6th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign Day 1: moths flying in 'Zero-G'
    15 Jul 2003 Busy weeks ahead for high-flying students
    04 Apr 2003 34th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign Day Three: peaceful skies and a flying carpet
    03 Apr 2003 34th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign Day Two: sickness-free in zero-G
    02 Apr 2003 34th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign Day One: bubbles and light bulbs in microgravity
    01 Apr 2003 Successful launch for Maxus 5
    31 Mar 2003 Maxus 5 prepares for launch
    31 Mar 2003 Failure investigation technical update: Space Shuttle Columbia – Info note no. 4
    24 Mar 2003 ESA's freefall laboratory poised to escape gravity's grip
    04 Mar 2003 Bed rest study started in Berlin
    21 Feb 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia - Information Note No. 3
    10 Feb 2003 Loss of Columbia – Online Forum
    05 Feb 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia - Information Note No. 2
    02 Feb 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia - Information Note No. 1
    15 Jan 2003 ESA payloads feature on Space Shuttle research mission
    13 Jan 2003 Mission facts
    13 Jan 2003 University for European scientists
    13 Jan 2003 Mission patch
    13 Jan 2003 ESA payloads on STS-107
    06 Dec 2002 Future astronaut diagnostics for the ISS bring advances in technology for telemedicine
    02 Dec 2002 Bronze award for MiniTexus scientist
    16 Oct 2002 Soyuz rocket fails on launch from Plesetsk cosmodrome carrying ESA experiment payload
    30 Jul 2002 End of the bedrest campaign
    06 Jun 2002 ESA's Microgravity Science Glovebox is launched to the ISS
    30 May 2002 Gravity Matters
    13 May 2002 Gardens in space
    12 Apr 2002 Long-term bed rest study: second period 22 March - 27 July 2002
    27 Feb 2002 ESA's 'glovebox' is integrated within MPLM-Leonardo ready for launch to the ISS
    05 Feb 2002 8th Life Sciences Symposium, 2-7 June 2002
    21 Dec 2001 Mission accomplished
    19 Dec 2001 Focus on Foton
    05 Dec 2001 PFS: the breath of life on the International Space Station
    23 Nov 2001 Lying down on the job
    06 Nov 2001 Flying fish in 0g
    29 Oct 2001 Weightless in bed for three months. Want to volunteer?
    12 Oct 2001 More science on the International Space Station thanks to ESA's "glovebox"
    31 Aug 2001 Breaking the protein code with the Space Station
    31 Aug 2001 Three months in bed to simulate effects of long-duration Space Station missions
    17 Aug 2001 First European experiment facility up and running on the ISS
    27 Jul 2001 The User Information Centre
    16 Jul 2001 Postcard from Mars
    06 Jul 2001 Medical research on the International Space Station might have won Philippoussis Wimbledon
    28 May 2001 Microgravity at Merignac
    24 May 2001 The Maxus-4 package: what goes on in microgravity
    03 May 2001 The busiest ever ESA parabolic flight campaign ready to take off
    02 May 2001 ESA astronaut sets research in motion on International Space Station
    30 Apr 2001 Great flight, hard landing
    25 Apr 2001 MAXUS 4 is now ready for launch
    15 Nov 2000 Scientists, schoolteachers and students study physical and life sciences on parabolic flights with the European Space Agency
    07 Nov 2000 Research opportunities in exobiology
    01 Nov 2000 Are you male, aged 25 to 45 and need a rest?
    30 Oct 2000 Opportunities for research with International Space Station
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