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European Space Agency The European Space Agency (ESA) (French: Agence spatiale européenne - ASE) is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, with 20 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a staff of more than 2,000 with an annual budget of about €4.28 billion / US$5.51 billion (2013).[1] ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight, mainly through the participation in the International Space Station programme, the launch and operations of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon, Earth observation, science, telecommunication as well as maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana, and designing launch vehicles. The main European launch vehicle Ariane 5 is operated through Arianespace with ESA sharing in the costs of launching and further developing this launch vehicle. History[edit] Foundation[edit] ESTEC buildings in Noordwijk, Netherlands. End of space race[edit] ECS states
Interactive 3D model of Solar System Planets and Night Sky NASA spacecraft due for rendezvous with comet Tempel 1 It's not exactly young love, but some might find it romantic. On Valentine's Day, an aging Lothario that has been flitting from beauty to beauty through the solar system will make his final stop, taking pictures of a battered dowager to send to the folks back home before disappearing forever. The Stardust spacecraft, which has already taken images of asteroid Annefrank and captured interstellar dust from comet Wild 2, on Monday night will swing by comet Tempel 1. There, it will take new pictures of the devastation wrought on the comet by NASA's 2005 Deep Impact mission. In that historic encounter six years ago, the Deep Impact spacecraft released an 820-pound probe that crashed into Tempel 1 at 23,000 mph, sending a luminous plume of debris into space and allowing researchers to determine what the comet was made of. Now, Stardust will be able to obtain images of that crater up close for the first time. The encounter is expected to begin about 8:30 p.m.
L’avion Solar Impulse effectue son premier vol international Encore expérimental, l’avion Solar Impulse du Suisse Bertrand Piccard a décollé ce matin de l’aéroport militaire suisse de Payerne pour effectuer son premier vol international. Il devrait atterrir dans la soirée à Bruxelles. C’est sous un grand ciel bleu vers 6h40 GMT que le Solar Impulse a décollé de Suisse ce vendredi, a constaté l’AFP. Avez-vous déjà partagé cet article?