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N° 2-2006ESA’s Venus Express to reach final destination
 
7 April 2006
It was on 9 November last year that the European Space Agency’s Venus Express spacecraft lifted off from the desert of Kazakhstan onboard a Soyuz-Fregat rocket. Now, after having travelled 400 million kilometres in only about five months, the spacecraft is about to reach its final destination. The rendezvous is due to take place on 11 April.


 

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N° 1-2006Opening of media accreditation for next Shuttle mission at NASA
 
9 February 2006
NASA media accreditation is open for the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-121. The possible launch window is 3 to 22 May from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida.


 

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N° 2-2005Discovery and competitiveness: the keywords in Europe’s policies and programmes for space
 
28 November 2005
Objectives and priorities for Europe in space will soon be discussed at a Ministerial meeting in Berlin. On 5 and 6 December next, the Ministers in charge of space activities within the 17 Member States of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Canada will meet in Berlin to deliberate on a plan for discovery and competitiveness for Europe in space, and to decide on the relevant future programmes.


 

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N° 1-2005Venus Express set for launch to the cryptic planet
 
21 October 2005
A dense curtain of mysteries surrounding Venus, the hot and hazy sister planet to Earth, awaits to be opened after the launch of Venus Express, the next planetary probe of the European Space Agency.


 

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