2004 – an exciting year for the European Space Agency. Enjoy some of the year’s main…
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New Millau bridge seen from orbit
The Millau viaduct, newly inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac, is now the world’s tallest road bridge.…
Huygens begins final journey
ESA PR 67-2004. The European Space Agency’s Huygens probe was successfully released by NASA’s Cassini orbiter…
Watery Desert
There is a desert in the heart of the South Pacific. Surrounding Easter Island is the…
In-Orbit Validation
The Galileo project is now well and truly taking shape, with today’s signing of a second…
Flight 165 heads north
At exactly 17:26 (CET) December 18,2004 Flight 165 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana…
Fun for kids – big and small
Tired of reading technical reports, working on budgets or sitting in meetings? Have some fun with…
Ireland now part EGNOS
EGNOS is a satellite navigation network currently being implemented all over Europe. In 2005 this network…
Mediterranean heat map
This ultra high-resolution sea surface temperature map of the Mediterranean could only have been made with…
Huygens to unmask Titan
What does Titan hide under its thick orange haze? After a seven-year journey aboard the Cassini…