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World news about “Space technology” published by euronews.

  • Satellite conference takes off in Washington

    President Barack Obama may be in the Middle East this week, but that doesn’t mean that Washington DC will stop being the center of the universe. The… 20/03/2013

  • Couple wanted for low-cost Mission to Mars

    It is not your average weekend away, but for one adventurous couple the Red Planet could be their dream destination. A non-profit foundation is looking for a… 28/02/2013

  • Remote controlled telescope

    A new remote controlled telescope in Tasmania, Australia, will allow scientists all over the world to collaborate on projects.The Harlingten telescope is an… 27/02/2013

  • The rocket factory

    The launch of a rocket is the crowning moment, the culmination of a long process of careful machining and construction. What comes out of a rocket factory is… 23/01/2013

  • The Ministers of Space

    The Italian city of Naples was the dramatic setting for a summit to set Europe’s future in space. From rocket launchers to Mars explorers, everything was… 30/11/2012

  • The UK’s newfound enthusiasm for space

    Watch the full interview in english with David Willetts, the UK’s Minister of State for Universities and Science, as he explains his country’s newfound… 30/11/2012

  • French minister’s feedback on ESA ministerial

    Watch the full interview in French with Geneviève Fioraso, French Minister for Higher Education and Research, as she gives her reaction to the ESA summit in… 30/11/2012

  • German space chief discusses DLR’s position in ESA

    Watch the full interview in German with Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of DLR Executive Board. We discuss the ESA ministerial meeting, Germany’s position on… 30/11/2012

  • Smart T-shirt monitors health

    This golfer is wearing a special sports shirt. Thanks to the tiny sensors integrated into the material itself and a miniturised transmission box, her physical… 18/10/2012

  • Satellite snaps stunning shots

    The second Pléiades satellite is being put through its paces in France and will be sent into space in December. Together with the first, it is expected to… 15/10/2012

  • Skydiver Baumgartner makes history – nocomment

    Austrian Felix Baumgartner hit Mach 1.24, or 833.9 mph (1,342 kph) on Sunday, according to preliminary data, and became the first man to reach supersonic… 15/10/2012

  • NASA ready for the challenge of landing on Mars

    Nasa is holding its breath as it prepares for its latest mission to Mars, the landing of its big robot rover ‘Curiosity’. The touchdown, expected sometime… 03/08/2012

  • Space shuttle boldly floats – nocomment

    Space shuttle prototype ‘Enterprise’ on the move via the waters of New York towards its final destination — the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum where it… 05/06/2012

  • ISS crew enters the Dragon

    NASA astronaut Don Pettit and International Space Station Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia open the hatch of the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft… 26/05/2012

  • Global watchdog at risk

    Europe has adopted an extensive monitoring program to keep tabs on the environment whilst keeping us safe; it is called GMES, or Global Monitoring for… 26/04/2012

  • Evergreen Soyuz takes off from the Tropics

    It took Gagarin and Sputnik into space, and has flown safely over 1700 times: Soyuz is over 60 years old, but it begins a new tropical chapter this autumn… 21/10/2011

  • New detection system cuts threat from space junk

    Australian scientists have developed a laser system that can detect tiny pieces of space debris. The tens of thousands of pieces of junk that orbit the earth… 14/09/2011

  • New Russian space telescope goes into orbit

    A new ultra-powerful Russian space telescope has been launched into orbit by a rocket that blasted off from Kazakhstan on the 18th of July. The 3.8 tonne… 21/07/2011

  • Last launch of US Space shuttle Atlantis

    Freddy Porter, 5, plays with a toy space shuttle in the Rocket Garden of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, near Cape Canaveral in Florida. Space… 08/07/2011

  • Space Shuttle – the last voyage

    A chapter in the history of space has ended with the launch of the American Shuttle Atlantis which marks the retirement of the Space Shuttle. It’s a chapter… 05/07/2011

  • Earth’s antimatter hunter takes flight

    Its real name is AMS-2 or Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. Its job? Antimatter hunter. From May 2011 it will fly around 400 km above our heads in… 27/04/2011

  • Endeavour ends its career on a high

    The last Endeavour mission before its retirement is one of the most ambitious scientific searches ever attempted in Space: to track antimatter and dark matter… 27/04/2011

  • Satellites and planes: belt-up, take-off, log-in

    Surfing the internet at 10,000 metres, or landing a plane in zero visibility – it is all possible thanks to an increasing role being played in aviation by… 27/04/2011

  • Lift off for Indo-French satellite ‘Saral’

    Officials from Indian’s national space agency hailed the successful launch of ‘Saral’ this Monday, along with six other micro-satellites which were on… 25/02/2013

  • Sending Mona Lisa – to the moon!

    NASA has turned the Mona Lisa into the first digital image to be transmitted via laser beam from Earth to a spacecraft in lunar orbit using technology that… 18/01/2013

  • Ariane 5 to get an upgrade

    Europe’s Ariane 5 space rocket is to be given an upgrade as part of a 10.1 billion euro programme of development agreed by European Space Agency member… 22/11/2012

  • ‘European GPS’ edges closer to completion

    Europe’s answer to GPS took another step forward on Friday. A third and fourth Galileo satellite were launched onboard a Russian Soyuz rocket in French… 13/10/2012

  • Curiosity nears its target

    Monday morning as Europe is waking up scientists at the Jet Propulsion lab in Los Angeles will be holding their breaths to see if the latest mission to Mars… 05/08/2012

  • Two new satellites launched by Arianespace

    The European space consortium Arianespace has launched two satellites to boost telecommunications and weather observation. The Ariane 5 rocket carrying them… 06/07/2012

  • China completes successful space docking

    Chinese astronauts have carried out a manned docking with an experimental space module, the latest milestone in China’s ambitious campaign to build a space… 18/06/2012

  • Shuttle makes final flight to New York

    The Enterprise took to the skies for the last time over America today as the retired space shuttle was carried from Dulles airport in Virginia to New York… 27/04/2012

  • Discovery officially handed over to new home

    The retired space shuttle Discovery has been officially handed over to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in the US, during a ceremony attended by… 20/04/2012

  • Time for the close-up – Dawn images of Vesta asteroid

    NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has sent the closest images it will take of the Vesta asteroid. The pictures were snapped less than 210 kilometres from the… 22/12/2011

  • Life on Mars probe launched

    A rocket has blasted-off from Cape Canaveral in Florida carrying a new space probe on a nine-month journey to Mars.    ‘Curiosity’, as it has been nicknamed… 27/11/2011

  • Life on Mars

    Space agency NASA is launching a nuclear-powered probe on a nine-month journey to Mars in a bid to learn if there is or ever was life on the planet. The… 26/11/2011

  • Success as China passes its first space docking test

    China has successfully carried out its first docking exercise between two unmanned spacecraft.The Shenzhou-8 joined the Tiangong-1space lab module 350… 03/11/2011

  • China hopes Shenzhou 8 will aid space lab project

    The blast-off marked a successful launch for China in a mission that will test its bid to become a major power in space. The unmanned Shenzhou 8 craft was… 01/11/2011

  • A boost to China’s space ambitions

    It is being described as a major test of China’s ability to gain a long-term foothold in space. The unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft has blasted off from… 01/11/2011

  • Galileo ‘will complement, not compete with GPS’

    Paid for entirely by the European Commission – the price tag is currently around five billion euros, Galileo should provide better coverage and greater… 21/10/2011

  • Soyuz carries Galileo into space

    A Russian Soyuz rocket has launched from French Guiana, carrying the first of Europe’s two Galileo satellites. The launch from Europe’s space base in South… 21/10/2011

  • Defunct satellite set to hit earth in hours

    Nasa officials said on Saturday the defunct satellite which is due to come crashing down to earth would land in the next few hours. The satellite was… 24/09/2011

  • Deadline for satellite re-entry looms

    Scientists said on Thursday they won’t know until about two hours before a defunct NASA satellite re-enters the earth’s atmosphere, where it will likely… 23/09/2011

  • Shuttle Endeavour completes its final flight

    The US space shuttle Endeavour has safely landed after its final flight. The ship touched down at its Florida home base in the early hours, completing its… 01/06/2011


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