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| PLATO 2.0 Science Workshop - Announcement |
| The "PLATO 2.0 Science Workshop" will be held at ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, on 29-31 July, 2013. The workshop is open to the interested community and will examine the impact that PLATO will make on all areas of exoplanet, stellar, and legacy science areas. |
| Date: 19 Apr 2013 |
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| Call for White Papers for the definition of the L2 and L3 missions in the ESA Science Programme |
| The Director of Science and Robotic Exploration intends to define, in the course of 2013, the science themes and questions that will be addressed by the next two Large (L-class) missions in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 plan, "L2" and "L3", currently planned for a launch in 2028 and 2034, respectively. This process starts with a consultation of the broad scientific community, in the form of the current Call, soliciting White Papers to propose science themes and associated questions that the L2 and L3 missions should address. The submission deadline for White Papers is 24 May 2013, 12:00 CEST (noon). |
| Date: 05 Mar 2013 |
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| ESA chooses instruments for its Jupiter icy moons explorer |
| The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, JUICE, will carry a total of 11 scientific experiments to study the gas giant planet and its large ocean-bearing moons, ESA announced today. |
| Date: 21 Feb 2013 |
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| NASA joins ESA's 'dark Universe' mission |
| NASA has officially joined ESA's Euclid mission, a space telescope designed to investigate the mysterious natures of dark matter and dark energy. |
| Date: 24 Jan 2013 |
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| Request For Information (RFI) for the provision of the platform for the CHEOPS small mission |
| The European Space Agency invites small platform providers from ESA Member States to declare their interest for the provision of the CHEOPS spacecraft by replying to this RFI. The submission deadline for the response to this RFI is 30 January 2013, 12:00 CET (noon).
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| Date: 19 Dec 2012 |
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| ESA Science Programme's new small satellite will study super-Earths |
PR 35 2012 Studying planets around other stars will be the focus of the new small Science Programme mission, Cheops, ESA announced today. Its launch is expected in 2017. |
| Date: 19 Oct 2012 |
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| Announcement of Opportunity for the provision of scientific payload including SGS elements for the M3 mission candidates |
| The European Space Agency (ESA) solicits through the present Announcement of Opportunity (AO) proposals for the provision of the scientific payload, including Science Ground Segment (SGS) elements, for the EChO, LOFT, MarcoPolo-R, and STE-QUEST missions that are candidate for the M3 launch opportunity. The deadline for submission of proposals is 30 November 2012, 12:00 CET (noon). |
| Date: 24 Sep 2012 |
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| Solar Orbiter Announcement of Opportunity for Members of the SPICE Science Steering Committee |
| This Announcement of Opportunity (AO) solicits proposals for members of the Solar Orbiter SPICE Science Steering Committee. The AO is open to scientists of any nationality. The deadline for submission of proposals is 15 September 2012, 12:00 CEST. |
| Date: 20 Jul 2012 |
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| Announcement of Opportunity for the JUICE Payload |
| Through this Announcement of Opportunity the European Space Agency (ESA) solicits proposals for the provision of the scientific payload on board the JUICE spacecraft. The deadline for submission of proposals is 15 October 2012, 12:00 CEST (noon). |
| Date: 26 Jun 2012 |
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| Dark Universe mission blueprint complete |
| ESA's Euclid mission to explore the hidden side of the Universe - dark energy and dark matter - reached an important milestone today that will see it head towards full construction. |
| Date: 20 Jun 2012 |
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| Forthcoming Announcement of Opportunity for Scientific Instrumentation onboard the JUICE spacecraft |
| The European Space Agency (ESA) intends to release in June 2012 an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) inviting the broad scientific community to propose instruments to be flown onboard the Jupiter Icy moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft. |
| Date: 30 May 2012 |
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| JUICE is Europe's next large science mission |
ESA PR 13 2012 Jupiter's icy moons are the focus of Europe's next large science mission, ESA announced today. |
| Date: 02 May 2012 |
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| ESA contracts Astrium UK to build Solar Orbiter |
| ESA has awarded the contract to build its next-generation Sun explorer to Astrium UK. Solar Orbiter will investigate how the Sun creates and controls the heliosphere, the extended atmosphere of the Sun. |
| Date: 26 Apr 2012 |
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| Call for a Small mission opportunity in ESA's Science Programme for a launch in 2017 |
| Through the present Call the Director of Science and Robotic Exploration solicits from the broad scientific community in ESA's Member States proposals for the competitive selection of mission concepts to be candidate for the implementation of one small-size (S-class) mission for launch in 2017. The deadline for submission of proposals is 15 June 2012, 12:00 (noon) Central European Time. |
| Date: 09 Mar 2012 |
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| Announcement of Opportunity for an Independent Legacy Scientist in the Euclid Science Team |
| The scientific community is invited to participate in the Euclid mission by responding to the present Announcement of Opportunity (AO). This AO solicits proposals for the appointment of the second Independent Legacy Scientist in the Euclid Science Team. The deadline for submission of proposals is 12 April 2012, 12:00 CET. |
| Date: 15 Feb 2012 |
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| Call for declaration of Interest in Science Instrumentation - Cosmic Vision Mission: MarcoPolo-R |
| This Call for declaration of Interest in Science Instrumentation (CISI) is open to the European science community for enabling assessment studies of the science instruments of the MarcoPolo-R mission. MarcoPolo-R, has been selected for assessment following the ESA Call for a Medium-size M3 mission opportunity in the Cosmic Vision (CV) 2015-2025 plan. The European science community is invited to propose dedicated studies on science instrumentation that would potentially be provided by the ESA Member States, should the mission be adopted. The Proposal submission deadline is 6 January 2012, at 14:00 CET. |
| Date: 14 Nov 2011 |
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| Call for declaration of Interest in Science Instrumentation - Cosmic Vision Mission: LOFT |
| This Call for declaration of Interest in Science Instrumentation (CISI) is open to the European science community for enabling assessment studies of the science instruments of the LOFT mission. LOFT, the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing, has been selected for assessment following the ESA Call for a Medium-size M3 mission opportunity in the Cosmic Vision (CV) 2015-2025 plan. The European science community is invited to propose dedicated studies on science instrumentation that would potentially be provided by the ESA Member States, should the mission be adopted. The Proposal submission deadline is 18 November 2011, at 14:00 CET. |
| Date: 10 Oct 2011 |
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| Dark and bright: ESA chooses next two science missions |
ESA PR 25 2011
The powerful influence of the Sun and the nature of the mysterious 'dark energy' motivate ESA's next two science missions. Solar Orbiter and Euclid were selected today by ESA's Science Programme Committee for implementation, with launches planned for 2017 and 2019. |
| Date: 04 Oct 2011 |
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| Call for declaration of Interest in Science Instrumentation - Cosmic Vision Mission: STE-QUEST |
| This Call for declaration of Interest in Science Instrumentation (CISI) is open to the European science community for enabling assessment studies of the science instruments of the STE-QUEST mission. STE-QUEST has been selected for assessment following the ESA Call for a Medium-size M3 mission opportunity in the Cosmic Vision (CV) 2015-2025 plan. The European science community is invited to propose dedicated studies on science instrumentation that would potentially be provided by the ESA Member States, should the mission be adopted.
The Proposal submission deadline is 4 November 2011, at 14:00 CET. |
| Date: 26 Sep 2011 |
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| Call for declaration of Interest in Science Instrumentation - Cosmic Vision Mission: Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO) |
This Call for declaration of Interest in Science Instrumentation (CISI) is open to the European science community for enabling assessment studies of the science instruments of the EChO mission. EChO, the Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory, has been selected for assessment following the ESA Call for a Medium-size M3 mission opportunity in the Cosmic Vision (CV) 2015-2025 plan. The European science community is invited to propose dedicated studies on science instrumentation that would potentially be provided by the ESA Member States, should the mission be adopted. The proposal submission deadline is 4 November 2011, at 14:00 CET. |
| Date: 26 Sep 2011 |
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