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ARCHIVE CONTENT: 08 FEB. 2017

Blue jets studied from Space Station

For years, their existence has been debated: elusive electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere that sport names such as red sprites, blue jets, pixies and elves. Reported by pilots, they ...

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ARCHIVE CONTENT: 24 NOV. 2015

Andreas Mogensen adds Denmark to Association of Space Explorers

Following his mission to the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen has joined ranks of the Association of Space Explorers. Just 10 days after landing he attended the Association’s ...

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[ Space Engineering & Technology ]

ARCHIVE CONTENT: 01 OCT. 2015

ESA CubeSats set for Monday release

The Danish flag will fly high on Monday when two small satellites, designed and built in Denmark, are released from the International Space Station and start their mission in space: the student-built AAUSat-5 and the professional technology demonstrator GomX-3.

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[ Space for Earth ]

ARCHIVE CONTENT: 08 OCT. 2015

Astronaut brains as beacons for researchers

How astronauts adapt to the stresses of living in space is helping researchers to pinpoint the causes of common disorders on Earth.From the brain’s point of view, living in space is very stressful. The signals from an astronaut’s body in space go haywire as they float in weightlessness. The inner ear reports that it is falling, but the eyes show that nothing is moving.

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