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Satellite navigation system guides visually-impaired pedestrians Updated: 2006-06-19 09:00:00 Description: Seen from a distance, a blind man guided by his dog in the streets of Madrid seems quite sure of his way. In fact, he is not listening to music with his headphones but receiving directions to his destination: "turn to the right, turn to the left, con...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Columbus delivered to KSC Updated: 2006-06-12 18:07:57 Description: Bernardo Patti, ESA's project manager for the Columbus laboratory - one of Europe's main contributions to the International Space Station - talks about the module's transatlantic journey from Bremen, in Germany, to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Fl...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ISS update 2006 Updated: 2006-06-03 04:19:49 Description: For over five years, astronauts from around the world have been living and working together 400 kilometres above the Earth on board the biggest outpost ever built in space. The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the largest research project...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Craters revealed Updated: 2006-05-31 12:00:00 Description: Geology, evolution and even the age of rocky planets and moons can be traced down by the study of impact craters - planetary scars left by the bombardment of asteroids and comets....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ISD2006, Industry Space Days at ESTEC Updated: 2006-05-30 12:00:00 Description: This year's ISD2006 brings together more than 700 representatives from small and medium enterprises (SMEs), system integrators, institutions, product suppliers and service providers to allow them to identify tomorrow's industrial strategies and busi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ESA Provides Unique Satellite Delivery Service Updated: 2005-12-20 17:50:00 Description: Europe's newest weather satellite, MSG-2, will be launched on 21 December 2005. ESOC, ESA's Space Operations Centre, will provide a custom satellite delivery service to EUMETSAT, handing over the spacecraft upon compl...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Venus Express launch: ESOC mission control audio loop Updated: 2005-11-09 13:00:00 Description: At 04:33 CET this morning, Venus Express was launched on a Soyuz-Fregat launcher from Baikonur, Kazakhstan; mission control operated from ESOC, ESA's Space Operations Centre, in Darmstadt, Germany. Today's Podcast inc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Integral views the Earth Updated: 2006-02-14 15:30:00 Description: Integral is ESA's 4-year-old orbiting astrophysics observatory, and is designed to look upwards into deep space to observe some of the universe's most violent sources, including exploding supernova stars and black hol...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The passion of Venus Updated: 2006-03-14 16:30:00 Description: Venus, the 'Morning Star', is our closest planetary neighbour. Similar to Earth in size and mass, scientists once thought it should be a lot like our planet. Instead, Venus is entirely different, hidden by dense cloud...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Amateur eyes on a hot planet Updated: 2006-03-20 16:30:00 Description: In Part 2 of ESA's special Venus Express Podcast series, we cover the Venus Amateur Observing Project, a unique proposal to engage amateur astronomers in observing Venus. The aim is to help scientists validate Venus E...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alien greenhouse Updated: 2006-03-23 07:40:00 Description: Venus suffers from a runaway Greenhouse Effect responsible for transforming Earth's near-twin into one of the Solar System's most hellish places. Venus Express aims to unlock the mysteries behind this atmospheric coll...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Volcanoes and lava flows Updated: 2006-04-04 16:00:00 Description: Earth's surface has been renewed over the eons by plate tectonics, volcanism and other processes. But Venus does not appear to have tectonic plate activity. What is certain is that the surface of Venus has been shaped...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science from Above Updated: 2006-03-30 16:00:00 Description: In Part 5 of ESA's special Venus Express Podcast series, we speak with Dr Gerhard Schwehm about the instruments onboard Venus Express and how scientific data can be gathered by planetary missions remotely from above. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wavelength windows Updated: 2006-04-05 08:00:00 Description: Gathering data from above Venus' thick atmosphere is very difficult. A remarkable series of spectral windows allow Venus Express instruments to 'see' through to the surface. The existence of these spectral windows was...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Critical manoeuvres Updated: 2006-04-05 08:00:00 Description: "If something goes wrong, it could either fly by Venus or hit the planet." The Venus Express Project Manager, Don McCoy, recently spoke to ESAPod on the intense preparations for the critical April 11th orbit insertio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pathways in space Updated: 2006-04-05 08:00:00 Description: Navigating Venus Express is a devilishly difficult problem as computations must take into account all sources of gravity working on the spacecraft. ESA scientists use good old-fashioned classical physics first clarif...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ears to the sky Updated: 2006-04-05 15:00:00 Description: Venus Express is being telecommanded via the 35-meter deep-space station in Cebreros, Spain -- the newest station to join ESA's global ESTRACK network. Cebreros communicates at X-band Gigaherz radio frequencies, far ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Drama in mission control Updated: 2006-04-10 11:00:00 Description: ESAPod goes to the heart of Venus Express and meets with a veteran ESA operations engineer in the mission control centre. The large, well-equipped Main Control Room enables flight controllers to work as a focussed te...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Venus Express powers into orbit Updated: 2006-04-11 12:00:00 Description: Confirmation that Venus Express had successfully entered orbit came from ESOC, ESA's Space Operations Centre, in Germany, today at 11:12 CEST. After a tense engine burn and blackout while the spacecraft swung behind ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thoughts on Venus Updated: 2006-04-20 16:00:00 Description: As Venus Express arrives at its namesake destination, ESA astronaut Claude Nicollier discusses the enigmatic planet and muses on its beauty and fascinating planetary evolution....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Via broadband from the Arctic Updated: 2006-05-08 14:00:00 Description: Explorer Marc Cornelissen describes challenges of Arctic expedition from Greenland Ice Cap. With him are six students from the Climate Change College helping with ESA’s CryoSat-2 validation campaign....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Something in the air? Updated: 2006-05-11 16:00:00 Description: The atmosphere took centre stage at a five-day conference held by ESA in Frascati, Italy, with 250 scientists presenting and comparing results from ongoing atmospheric research from ESA’s Envisat satellite....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An asteroid named ESA Updated: 2006-05-19 09:30:00 Description: Since the beginning of this year, a new name appears in the list of the known asteroids that inhabit our Solar System. The name is 'ESA', which stands for 'European Space Agency'....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ESA showcased at ILA, Berlin Updated: 2006-05-17 17:30:00 Description: ESA is participating at ILA together with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), BDLI and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in a special pavilion within the "International Space Village", entitled Space for Life, Europe in Spa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thoughts on Venus Updated: 2006-04-20 16:00:00 Description: As Venus Express arrives at its namesake destination, ESA astronaut Claude Nicollier discusses the enigmatic planet and muses on its beauty and fascinating planetary evolution....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Venus Express powers into orbit Updated: 2006-04-11 12:00:00 Description: Confirmation that Venus Express had successfully entered orbit came from ESOC, ESA's Space Operations Centre, in Germany, today at 11:12 CEST. After a tense engine burn and blackout while the spacecraft swung behind Venus, mission controllers re-est...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Drama in mission control Updated: 2006-04-10 11:00:00 Description: ESAPod goes to the heart of Venus Express and meets with a veteran ESA operations engineer in the mission control centre. The large, well-equipped Main Control Room enables flight controllers to work as a focussed team during critical events and giv...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wavelength windows Updated: 2006-04-05 08:00:00 Description: Gathering data from above Venus' thick atmosphere is very difficult. A remarkable series of spectral windows allow Venus Express instruments to 'see' through to the surface. The existence of these spectral windows was unknown until the early 1980s wh...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Critical manoeuvres Updated: 2006-04-05 08:00:00 Description: "If something goes wrong, it could either fly by Venus or hit the planet." The Venus Express Project Manager, Don McCoy, recently spoke to ESAPod on the intense preparations for the critical April 11th orbit insertion. He says ESA mission control te...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pathways in space Updated: 2006-04-05 08:00:00 Description: Navigating Venus Express is a devilishly difficult problem as computations must take into account all sources of gravity working on the spacecraft. ESA scientists use good old-fashioned classical physics first clarified by Newton, Kepler and others ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ears to the sky Updated: 2006-04-05 15:00:00 Description: Navigating Venus Express is a devilishly difficult problem as computations must take into account all sources of gravity working on the spacecraft. ESA scientists use good old-fashioned classical physics first clarified by Newton, Kepler and others ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Volcanoes and lava flows Updated: 2006-04-04 16:00:00 Description: Earth's surface has been renewed over the eons by plate tectonics, volcanism and other processes. But Venus does not appear to have tectonic plate activity. What is certain is that the surface of Venus has been shaped by deformation of the crust and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science from Above Updated: 2006-03-30 16:00:00 Description: In Part 5 of ESA's special Venus Express Podcast series, we speak with Dr Gerhard Schwehm about the instruments onboard Venus Express and how scientific data can be gathered by planetary missions remotely from above. (Note: Part 4 will be posted in a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alien greenhouse Updated: 2006-03-23 07:40:00 Description: Venus suffers from a runaway Greenhouse Effect responsible for transforming Earth's near-twin into one of the Solar System's most hellish places. Venus Express aims to unlock the mysteries behind this atmospheric collapse and gather data that scienti...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Amateur eyes on a hot planet Updated: 2006-03-20 16:30:00 Description: In Part 2 of ESA's special Venus Express Podcast series, we cover the Venus Amateur Observing Project, a unique proposal to engage amateur astronomers in observing Venus. The aim is to help scientists validate Venus Express data and gather scientific...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Integral views the Earth Updated: 2006-02-14 15:30:00 Description: Integral is ESA's 4-year-old orbiting astrophysics observatory, and is designed to look upwards into deep space to observe some of the universe's most violent sources, including exploding supernova stars and black holes. Recently, spacecraft controll...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ESA Director General meets the press Updated: 2006-01-17 16:00:00 Description: ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain met the press at ESA headquarters in Paris this morning to take stock of ESA's 2005 activities and announce the main events for the upcoming year (voice of English translator).Grab this podcast!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Year After: Sounds of Alien Winds Updated: 2006-01-13 11:00:00 Description: January 14th is the first anniversary of Huygens' decent to Titan. The mission is one of the Top 10 major scientific achievements of 2005 according to the prestigious US journal Science. In today's audio programme, we review the Huygens mission, spea...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ESA Provides Unique Satellite Delivery Service Updated: 2005-12-20 17:50:00 Description: Europe's newsest weather satellite, MSG-2, will be launched on 21 December 2005. ESOC, ESA's Space Operations Centre, will provide a custom satellite delivery service to EUMETSAT, handing over the spacecraft upon completion of the critical launch and...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ESA Ministerial Council Press Conference Updated: 2005-12-06 17:10:00 Description: The ESA Ministerial Council took place on 5-6 December in Berlin. Ministers from ESA's 17 Member States discussed important new space programmes in the areas of Earth observation, planetary exploration, exploitation of the International Space Station...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ESA Ministerial Council Press Conference Updated: 2005-12-06 17:10:00 Description: The ESA Ministerial Council took place on 5-6 December in Berlin. Ministers from ESA's 17 MemberStates discussed important new space programmes in the areas of Earth observation, planetary exploration, exploitation of the International Space Station ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Huygens and Mars Express Science Highlights - Part 2 Updated: 2005-11-30 18:00:00 Description: Second of a special two-part programme reporting from ESA headquarters in Paris where today the European Space Agency held a press conference presenting the latest science highlights from Huygens and Mars Express. Part 2 reports on Mars Express.Grab ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Huygens and Mars Express Science Highlights - Part 1 Updated: 2005-11-30 18:00:00 Description: First of a special two-part programme reporting from ESA headquarters in Pariswhere today the European Space Agency held a press conference presenting the latest science highlights from Huygens and Mars Express. The press event included senior scient...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Venus Express launch: ESOC mission control audio loop Updated: 2005-11-09 13:00:00 Description: At 04:33 CET this morning, Venus Express was launched on a Soyuz-Fregat launcher from Baikonur, Kazakhstan; mission control operated from ESOC, ESA's Space Operations Centre, in Darmstadt, Germany. Today's Podcast includes audio clips from the commun...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SSETI Express: power problem Updated: 2005-11-01 14:15:00 Description: Since Friday morning, the ground control station in Aalborg has not had any contact with SSETI Express. Thorough analysis over the weekend indicates that a failure in the electrical power system on board the spacecraft is preventing the batteries fro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SSETI Express in safe mode; CubeSats deployed Updated: 2005-10-28 14:10:00 Description: At 22:20 CEST last night, SSETI Express went into a safe mode due to an undervoltage caused by battery charging problems. The operations team is working actively to resume nominal operations of the satellite and is receiving tremendous help in the pr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Internet-built student satellite successfully launched Updated: 2005-10-27 11:45:00 Description: SSETI Express, a low Earth orbit spacecraft designed and built by European university students under the supervision of ESA's Education Department, was successfully launched this morning at 08:52 CEST from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on a Russian Kosmos ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Venus Express preliminary investigations bring encouraging news Updated: 2005-10-25 11:00:00 Description: Following the announcement of the Venus Express launch delay due to particulate contamination found in the launcher fairing where the spacecraft was installed, ESA staff and industry teams have started an inspection of the spacecraft. This recovery '...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SMART-1 in new orbit Updated: 2005-09-26 15:00:00 Description: The SMART-1 flight control team at ESOC, in Darmstadt, Germany, have been very active for the past several weeks, repositioning the craft into a new orbit around the Moon. The requirement for the manoeuvre stems from the highly successful mission hav...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Saturn's Radio Emissions - Part 1 Updated: 2005-09-21 14:25:00 Description: Saturn is a source of intense radio emissions, which have been monitored by the Cassini spacecraft. The radio waves are closely related to the auroras near the poles of the planet. These auroras are similar to Earth's northern and southern lights. Th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Saturn's Radio Emissions - Part 2 Updated: 2005-09-21 14:30:00 Description: In this example, it appears as though the three rising tones are launched from the more slowly varying narrowband emission near the bottom of this display. If this is the case, it represents a very complicated interaction between waves in Saturn's ra...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ESOC's 'Skunk Works' Strong on Innovation Updated: 2005-07-06 07:00:00 Description: Today's audiocast looks at some of the less-widely-known activities taking place at ESOC with a focus on the Mission Control Technologies Unit, sometimes referred to as ESOC's 'Skunk Works.' Alessandro Donati, unit head, talks about his team's activi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cryosat flight team in countdown to launch Updated: 2005-05-25 08:00:00 Description: In September 2005, ESA will launch Cryosat, a satellite that will measure the actual thickness of the Earth's marine and continental ice sheets and obtain data directly related to global warming. Kate Adamson, a Cryosat operations engineer, talks abo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ESA operations at 30 years Updated: 2005-06-01 07:00:00 Description: In this audio report, Gaele Winters reviews highlights from past mission operations with a focus on the Agency's Space Operations Centre (ESOC), in Darmstadt, Germany. He also describes ESOC's role in the Galileo navigation project, how the European ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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