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| Laurels for Cluster-Double Star teams |
| The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) has decided to award The Laurels for Team Achievement Award to the Double Star/Cluster Team. The official ceremony took place in Prague, Czech Republic, on 26 September, in the margin of the International Astronautical Congress. |
| Date: 04 Oct 2010 |
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| 2nd ExoMars Industry Day 2010 |
The 2nd ExoMars Industry Day, held on 23 September 2010 at the ALTEC facilities in Italy, was attended by 170 participants, representing 80 companies from 14 countries, including the USA and Canada. |
| Date: 01 Oct 2010 |
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| Apply now for the ESA/GTTP teacher training workshop 2010 |
| The European Space Agency invites science teachers to apply for a place on the ESA/GTTP Teacher Training Workshop 2010 that will take place on 7 - 10 December 2010 at the NEMO Science Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. A limited number of places are available for this hands-on workshop. The deadline for receipt of applications is 09:00 on 18 October 2010. |
| Date: 01 Oct 2010 |
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| MIRI starts to take shape |
| A major instrument due to fly aboard the James Webb Space Telescope is getting its first taste of space in the test facilities at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in the United Kingdom. The Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) has been designed to contribute to areas of investigation as diverse as the first light in the early Universe and the formation of planets around other stars. |
| Date: 30 Sep 2010 |
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| Rosetta operations strategy modified following a RCS test |
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| Date: 23 Sep 2010 |
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| Breaking waves in the stellar lagoon [heic1015] |
| A spectacular new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the heart of the Lagoon Nebula. Seen as a massive cloud of glowing dust and gas, bombarded by the energetic radiation of new stars, this placid name hides a dramatic reality. |
| Date: 22 Sep 2010 |
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| ESA shares SMART-1 legacy with the world |
| The complete archive of data sets from ESA's 3-year SMART-1 mission to the Moon has been released to the scientific community. Contained within the archive are 3D maps of the lunar poles along with detailed spectroscopic measurements of the lunar surface. Researchers can utilise this information, and cross-reference it with the wider Planetary Science Archive, to further investigate the formation and evolution of our nearest neighbour in space. |
| Date: 21 Sep 2010 |
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| A change of pace for EIT, the ground-breaking Sun-watching camera |
| For almost 15 years, the EIT camera on board SOHO transmitted a picture of the solar corona every 12 minutes, providing ground-breaking observations of the Sun that changed our perception and understanding of our star. After a remarkable career, this instrument has now eased into semi-retirement. Although no longer as active as during its heyday, EIT will still provide snapshots of the Sun - at a more leisurely pace. |
| Date: 21 Sep 2010 |
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| Save the date – 2010 ESA/GTTP workshop for science teachers announced |
| The European Space Agency along with the Galileo Teacher Training Programme are organising a workshop for science teachers at the NEMO Science Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 7 - 10 December 2010. The workshop is aimed at science teachers of students aged between 11 and 19 years old. A limited number of places will be available and an invitation to apply for a place will be issued on 1 October. |
| Date: 16 Sep 2010 |
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| Planck's first glimpse at galaxy clusters and a new supercluster |
| Surveying the microwave sky, Planck has obtained its very first images of galaxy clusters, amongst the largest objects in the Universe, by means of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect, a characteristic signature they imprint on the Cosmic Microwave Background. Joining forces in a fruitful collaboration between ESA missions, XMM-Newton followed up Planck's detections and revealed that one of them is a previously unknown supercluster of galaxies. |
| Date: 15 Sep 2010 |
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| Delivery of Gaia's primary mirrors |
| ESA's mission to measure the precise positions of a billion stars reached an important milestone on 3 September with the delivery of its first primary mirror. The second primary mirror is near completion and scheduled to arrive at the Toulouse test and integration centre of prime contractor EADS Astrium during October. |
| Date: 13 Sep 2010 |
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| 10 years of success for Cluster quartet |
| In the summer of 2000, four identical ESA spacecraft lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome at the start of the most detailed investigation ever of the interaction between the Sun and Earth. 10 years later, the Cluster quartet continues to unravel the secrets of the invisible particles and magnetic fields that envelop our Earth. |
| Date: 06 Sep 2010 |
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| Herschel detection explains the origin of water in a carbon star |
| ESA's Herschel Space Observatory has detected water vapour in a location previously thought to be impossible - in the atmosphere of an ageing, red giant carbon star. The rich and detailed data provided by Herschel can be explained within a new framework in which ultraviolet photons play a key role. These results are reported in the 2 September issue of Nature. |
| Date: 01 Sep 2010 |
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| 2nd ExoMars Industry Day |
| The 2nd ExoMars Industry Day will take place on 23 September at the Turin premises of Thales Alenia Space-Italy.
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| Date: 01 Sep 2010 |
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| Cassini Scientist for a Day Competition: International edition 2010 |
| The 2010 edition of the 'Cassini Scientist for a Day' competition is open to students from around the world. The competition is designed to give the participants a taste of life as a scientist. Students are invited to submit a 500-word essay explaining their choice of one of three targets to be imaged by Cassini. |
| Date: 01 Sep 2010 |
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| Suzaku 6th Announcement of Opportunity |
| The Sixth European Announcement for observations to be performed with Suzaku between April 2011 and March 2012 is now open. Scientists belonging to institutions within ESA Member States are invited to respond. The deadline for receipt of proposals is 19 November 2010 at 16:30 CET. |
| Date: 01 Sep 2010 |
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| INTEGRAL AO for Obtaining Data Rights (in AO8 approved programmes) |
| Proposals are solicited for an INTEGRAL Announcement of Opportunity for obtaining data rights to targets within previously approved AO-8 observing programmes. |
| Date: 30 Aug 2010 |
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| XMM-Newton Announcement of Opportunity (AO10) |
| Proposals are solicited for observations with XMM-Newton in response to the Tenth Announcement of Opportunity, AO-10, issued 24 August 2010. This AO covers the period May 2011 to April 2012 and is open to all proposers. |
| Date: 24 Aug 2010 |
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| Astronomers take a step towards revealing the Universe's biggest mystery [heic1014] |
| An international team of astronomers using gravitational lensing observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken an important step forward in the quest to solve the riddle of dark energy, a phenomenon which
mysteriously appears to power the Universe's accelerating expansion. Their results appear in the 20 August 2010 issue of the journal Science. |
| Date: 19 Aug 2010 |
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| NGC 4696: a cosmic question mark [heic1013] |
| Curling around itself like a question mark, the unusual looking galaxy NGC 4696 itself begs many questions. Why is it such a strange shape? What are the odd, capillary-like filaments that stretch out of it? And what is the role of a large black hole in explaining its decidedly odd appearance? |
| Date: 12 Aug 2010 |
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