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Comet ISON approaches the Sun
Comet ISON at 12:42 UT on 27 November as seen in SOHO's LASCO C3 field of…
Spacelab-1 in orbit
The ESA Spacelab-1 laboratory module in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-9, November 1983
Spacelab-1/STS-9 launch, 28 November 1983
28 November 1983: Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia on the first flight of ESA’s Spacelab.
Spacelab-1/STS-9 launch, 28 November 1983
28 November 1983: Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia on the first flight of ESA’s Spacelab.
From launch to landing: Luca’s Volare mission
Luca Parmitano was the first of ESA’s class of 2009 astronauts to visit the International Space…
Magnetic field: learning more with Swarm
To learn more about Earth’s magnetic field, the three Swarm satellites were launched on 22 November.…
Spacelab-1 Sled experiment, 1981
A test subject sitting on Sled, an ESA experiment launched on Spacelab-1 on 28 November 1983.…
Paxi in the Drop Tower
Paxi free falling in the ZARM Drop Tower and experimenting weightlessness during 4.7 seconds.
Magnetic field: why it matters
Earth’s magnetic field is continuously changing. Magnetic north wanders, and every few hundred thousand years the…