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Travelling to Mars
Manned missions beyond the Moon are no longer wild dreams. For example, the objective of ESA’s…
Cassini-Huygens art contest
What lies beneath the hazy atmosphere that envelops Saturn’s moon, Titan? Is the surface of the…
Revealing Titan’s surface
These pictures were created from a sequence of images acquired by the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft’s cameras…
Successful Titan fly-by
The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft sent back pictures and information after making the closest-ever fly-by of Saturn’s…
Digital Libraries for science
Spacecraft constantly scan the Earth, creating hundreds of gigabytes of new data products daily. Working with…
Typhoon Songda in 3-D
This three-dimensional image shows the shape of Typhoon Songda, which recently struck the Japanese homeland. This…
Smart Satellite that runs itself
Today sees ESA’s first ever microsatellite complete three years of successful operations. The size of a…
Columbus Control Centre Inaugurated
On 19 October 2004, ESA and DLR officially inaugurated the Columbus Control Centre. The Centre has…
Looking for European Women
In preparation for the Women International Space Simulation for Exploration (WISE) study, which starts on 22…