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Cold Layer of Venus Found – Could Harbor Snow or Ice

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“Venus is known to be a very warm planet with a dense atmosphere. Its mesosphere extending from the cloud deck up to ∼100 km is composed mainly of carbon dioxide (CO2, 96.5%) and Nitrogen (N2, 3.5%). This region is dynamically and photochemically very active, but has been up to now poorly observed....

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Fourth Galileo Satellite Reaches Launch Site

Credits: ESA/EADS Astrium – Raoul Kieffer The fourth Galileo satellite  arrived at Cayenne Airport in French Guiana, flown from the Thales Alenia...

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ESA Council approves the accession of Poland

13 July 2012 Poland and ESA. Credit: ESA On 13 July, ESA Member States unanimously approved the accession of Poland to the ESA Convention. ESA’s Director...

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MSG-3 set to ensure quality of Europe’s weather service from geostationary orbit

The latest weather satellite in Europe’s highly successful Meteosat second-generation series is on its way after lifting off on an Ariane 5 at 21:36...

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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti set for Space Station in 2014

3 July 2012 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has been assigned to be launched on a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2014...

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Announcement of Opportunity for the ESA Industrial Ombudsman – ESA

27 June 2012 With the introduction in 2009 of a procurement review mechanism in ESA’s Procurement Regulations, Member States together with the Director...

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How to become an astronaut

The European Space Agency has released a video describing how to become an Astronaut. How do I become an astronaut?’ is a question that Frank Danesy...