It can be called the morning or evening star, depending on where you are or what time it is, but it is anything but a star. In fact, it is one of our nearest planetary neighbours. Venus and Mars may be Earth’s close cousins, but they are oh-so different. Only now are we starting to peer through Venus’ clouds to reveal the burning planet’s secrets.
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Proba-2 catches solar eclipse
ESA’s space weather microsatellite Proba-2 observed the solar eclipse on the evening of 20 May 2012. It passed through the Moon’s shadow a total of four times, imaging a sequence of partial solar eclipses in the process. The first contact was made on Sunday May 20 at 21:09 GMT. The last contact finished at 03:04 GMT.
Credits: ESA/ROB
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New ESA Astronaut: Thomas Pesquet
Thomas is French, an aeronautical engineer and commercial arline pilot, born in 1978
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New ESA Astronaut: Luca Parmitano
33-year-old Luca is an experimental test pilot in the Italian air force.
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New ESA Astronaut: Andreas Mogensen
33-year-old Andreas is from Denmark, a space navigation & control engineer.
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New ESA Astronaut: Samantha Cristoforetti
32-year-old Samantha is a fighter pilot in the Italian air force.
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Cosmic Vision – See how Huygens landed on Titan
After an epic space journey, the European Huygens probe landed on Saturn’s moon Titan, a mysterious satellite that has perplexed astronomers for decades. On 14 January 2005, Huygens made the farthest touchdown of any human-built object sent to land on another world.
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Space for Europe
Space touches us all on Earth – it is used for protecting our environment, for improving our everyday lives, for safety and security, and for stimulating our need for knowledge. Space is a key asset for Europe to face global challenges, for boosting our economic growth, for building our future.
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Space: for protecting our environment
Space touches us all on Earth – it is used for protecting our environment, for improving our everyday lives, for safety and security, and for stimulating our need for knowledge. Space is a key asset for Europe to face global challenges, for boosting our economic growth, for building our future.
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Traces of Martian life: Valles Marineris
Valles Marineris, the ‘Grand Canyon’ of Mars, a huge canyon system around 4000 km long, up to 240 km wide and 6.5 km deep, where water is believed to have flowed many thousands of years ago. The geological history of Valles Marineris still remains a mystery.
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Traces of life on Mars: Olympus Mons
Olympus Mons is the highest volcano on Mars, and in our Solar System, towering 26 km above the surrounding plains.
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Columbus: ESA’s real estate’ in space
In February 2008, the Columbus module was launched on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, creating space history when it was attached to the International Space Station as the first European laboratory dedicated to long-term research in microgravity.
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European missions to the International Space Station
Capturing the excitement of three highlights of European manned spaceflight in 2007 and 2008, these clips feature Paolo Nespoli’s STS-120 flight, the Columbus laboratory, and finally the ATV Jules Verne, Europe’s first space ferry.
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ESA’s space ferry: The Automated Transfer Vehicle
The International Space Station (ISS) depends on regular deliveries of equipment, food, air and water for its crews. Since the arrival of the first Automated Transfer Vehicle in April 2008, it has become one of the Stations indispensable supply ships.
