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[ESA]Solar Orbiter - La sonde européenne - 2017. En 2017, la sonde européenne Solar Orbiter sera expédiée vers une orbite proche du Soleil par un lanceur Atlas 5 fourni par la Nasa.

L'agence spatiale américaine a officiellement sélectionné la version Atlas 5/411 (coiffe de 4 m et un seul accélérateur solide) pour cette tâche dans le cadre de sa contribution à la première mission de taille moyenne du programme « Cosmic Vision » de l'ESA. Le lanceur sera fourni à la Nasa par United Launch Alliance (ULA). La sonde de 1800 kg, construite par Airbus Defence & Space UK dans le cadre d'un contrat de 300 M€ attribué en 2012, décollera de Cape Canaveral en juillet 2017 et effectuera plusieurs manœuvres gravitationnelles avec la Terre et Vénus avant de rejoindre une orbite eliptique parcourue en 168 jours et s'approchant jusqu'à 42 millions de km du Soleil (0,28 unité astronomique), soit les 9/10e du périhélie de Mercure.

ESA’s Shrunken Budget for 2014 Bigger than it Seems. PARIS — The 4 percent decline in the European Space Agency’s top-line budget for 2014 masks a continued upward trend in spending by many of its member nations, who have increased space investment steadily in the six years since the start of the financial crisis, ESA officials said.

In addition, several of ESA’s 20 member governments that had accumulated debt to the agency in recent years — France, Italy and Spain among them — have made sizable catch-up payments that are not reflected in the budget as announced Jan. 17, the officials said. Finally, the picture is distorted by the fact that the European Union, which has become ESA’s biggest single contributor, will not make its full payment until midyear because of the EU’s budget cycle. Gerhard Kreiner, ESA’s head of corporate planning and control, said the agency’s member governments in 2014 are investing 700 million euros ($950 million) more than they did at the start of the financial crisis in 2008. About space debris 2013on European Space Agency. DLR. A.S.I. - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana. Taking 3D printing into the metal age / Human Spaceflight. Laser sintering nylon 12 powder metal Taking 3D printing into the metal age 15 October 2013 ESA is set to showcase complex printed parts made of metal that can withstand temperatures at 1000°C – fit for space and the most demanding applications on Earth.

Join an international panel of experts from the biggest consortium ever in ‘additive manufacturing’ in Europe on 15 October in the London Science Museum, UK. ESA and the EU, together with industrial and educational partners, are developing the first large-scale production methods to 3D-print with metal. 3D printers are expected to revolutionise the way we live but until recently they could work with only plastic, which is not very useful for many industrial applications.

This novel technology offers many advantages. 3D printing, formally known as additive manufacturing, can create complex shapes that are impossible to manufacture with traditional casting and machining techniques. Programme (UK times): 09:30 Doors open 11:05–11:30 Questions. UK Space Agency. Sweedish Space Agency. The Swedish National Space Board, SNSB, is a central governmental agency under the Ministry of Education and Research.

SNSB is responsible for national and international activities relating to space and remote sensing, primarily research and development. SNSB has three main tasks: to distribute government grants for space research, technology development and remote sensing activitiesto initiate research and development in Space and Remote Sensing areasto act as Swedish contact for international co-operation The Swedish space programme is carried out by means of extensive international cooperation, in particular through Sweden´s membership of the European Space Agency, ESA. SNSB's responsability for international activities includes the Swedish involvement in ESA as well as bilateral cooperation within space.

ESA. Site officiel cnes.fr. CNES. Jean-Yves Le Gall : "Essayer de ne jamais renoncer" Les Missions Scientifiques du Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales.