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STATUS REPORTS European Space Agency Rosetta bound for outer Solar System after final Earth swingby (Friday, November 13, 2009) Rosetta's First Glimpse of the Moon From 4.3 million km (Wednesday, November 11, 2009) Rosetta approach on schedule (Sunday, November 8, 2009) ESA ISS Science & System - Operations Status Report Increment 20 9 October 2009 (Monday, October 26, 2009) ESA Announcement: Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 M-class Missions Presentation (Saturday, June 27, 2009) SMART-1 Maps Kaguya Lunar Impact Location (Wednesday, June 10, 2009) Mars500 diary: a carefully planned menu (Thursday, June 4, 2009) Mars500 Diary: Start of a New Cycle (Monday, May 18, 2009) Mars500 Diary: Testing, Testing (Tuesday, May 5, 2009) Mars500 Diary: Week Four and Still Alive! (Tuesday, April 28, 2009) Mars500 Diary: Looking for Bacteria, Fungi and Ghosts (Tuesday, April 21, 2009) Herschel and Planck Launch Postponed (Monday, April 20, 2009) Mars500 Diary: Decorating (Wednesday, April 15, 2009) Mars500 Diary: Settling In (Tuesday, April 7, 2009) ESA Call for White Papers for Fundamental Physics Roadmap Advisory Team (Monday, April 6, 2009) Mars500 diary: Preparing for Mars (Monday, March 23, 2009) Launch campaign for Planck is now underway (Thursday, February 12, 2009) Coverage of Rosetta Steins fly-by. / ESA TV Live / 06-09-2008 (Wednesday, September 3, 2008) ESLAB 42: Cosmic Cataclysms and Life (Tuesday, August 19, 2008) GIOVE-B spacecraft in good health (Thursday, May 1, 2008) Herschel spacecraft assembly complete (Wednesday, April 23, 2008) Space Station crew enters Jules Verne ATV (Saturday, April 5, 2008) Jules Verne ATV Demonstration Day 2 sequence of events (Tuesday, April 1, 2008) Columbus camera captures first views of Earth (Tuesday, March 11, 2008) ESA's Jules Verne Is In Orbit (Sunday, March 9, 2008) New radar satellite technique sheds light on ocean current dynamics (Saturday, January 26, 2008) ESA Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Field Report (AMASE 2007) student blog: Feeling unwell (Monday, September 3, 2007) ESA Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Field Report (AMASE 2007) student blog: Farewell (Monday, September 3, 2007) ESA Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Field Report (AMASE 2007) student blog: Rover testing (Sunday, August 26, 2007) ESA Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Field Report (AMASE 2007) student blog: Pick up magnets (Sunday, August 26, 2007) ESA Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Field Report (AMASE 2007) student blog: Lie-in! (Sunday, August 26, 2007) ESA Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Field Report (AMASE 2007) student blog: Breathtaking! (Sunday, August 26, 2007) ESA Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Field Report (AMASE 2007) student blog: Strong winds (Sunday, August 26, 2007) ESA Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Field Report (AMASE 2007) student blog: Climb mast (Sunday, August 26, 2007) ESA Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Field Report (AMASE 2007) student blog: Geology trip (Sunday, August 26, 2007) ESA AMASE student blog: Arrival at Longyearbyen (Sunday, August 19, 2007) ESA AMASE student blog: Loading ship (Sunday, August 19, 2007) ESA AMASE student blog: Hike (Sunday, August 19, 2007) ESA AMASE student blog: Magnetic dust (Sunday, August 19, 2007) ESA AMASE student blog: AMASE initiation (Sunday, August 19, 2007) ESA AMASE student blog: Men In Black (Sunday, August 19, 2007) Rosetta delivers Phobos transit animation and 'sees' Mars in stereo (Tuesday, February 27, 2007) Stunning view of Rosetta skimming past Mars (Sunday, February 25, 2007) Herschel passes a new milestone (Friday, February 23, 2007) Rosetta Update / ESA TV Exchanges / 23-02-2007 (Thursday, February 22, 2007) Christer Fuglesang reflects on his successful mission (Sunday, January 28, 2007) Rosetta warms up for Mars swing-by (Wednesday, November 29, 2006) Rosetta Status Report - November 2006 (Friday, November 17, 2006) Second Deep Space Manoeuvre for Rosetta (Tuesday, October 10, 2006) Today's ESA-TV coverage of Shuttle-ISS Mission STS-115 (Monday, September 11, 2006) ESA Call for Proposal on the Earth Observation GRID Processing-on-Demand environment (G-POD) (Tuesday, August 22, 2006) ESA TV starts to broadcast daily ISS Mission Commentary (Tuesday, July 18, 2006) German Chancellor Angela Merkel Talks to ISS Crew / ESA TV News / 20-07-2006 (Tuesday, July 18, 2006) Further delay for MetOp launch (Tuesday, July 18, 2006) ESA ALOS image of Cardiff, Wales (Saturday, July 15, 2006) TIME CHANGE: STS-121/Expedition 13 Crew News Conference / ESA TV News / 09-07-2006 (Friday, July 7, 2006) ESA TV Coverage of Shuttle/ISS Mission on 6-10 July (Wednesday, July 5, 2006) ESA SMART-1: Reiner Gamma swirl: magnetic effect of a cometary impact? (Thursday, April 6, 2006) 8th ILEWG International Conference on Exploration and Utilization of the Moon (Tuesday, March 21, 2006) SMART-1 Status: Ongoing Lunar Operations (Thursday, February 16, 2006) Venus Express Announcement of Opportunity (Thursday, February 2, 2006) MSG-2 first image (Saturday, January 28, 2006) Venus Express Status: Passive Cruise Phase Begins (Thursday, January 12, 2006) Rosetta Status Report 9 December 2005 - 6 January 2006 (Tuesday, January 10, 2006) ESA Yearly Status Report on the Scientific Programme Year 2005 (Friday, December 30, 2005) SMART-1 Status Report (Sunday, December 18, 2005) Venus Express Status Report for Period 2 to 8 December 2005 (Sunday, December 18, 2005) Rosetta Status Report (Sunday, December 18, 2005) Envisat sees smoke from Europe's worst peacetime fire (Monday, December 12, 2005) Venus Express Payload Commissioning Continues (Monday, December 5, 2005) First light for the Venus Monitoring Camera (Thursday, December 1, 2005) Earth-Moon observations from Venus Express (Sunday, November 27, 2005) Venus Express performs flawlessly, LEOP complete (Saturday, November 12, 2005) ESA Venus Express Status Report: Report for period 9 November 15:30 - 10 November 15:30 UTC (Thursday, November 10, 2005) SMART-1 Status Report: 19 September to 16 October 2005: Preparation for Push-broom Operations (Wednesday, November 9, 2005) Rosetta Status Report for period 7-28 October 2005 (Wednesday, November 9, 2005) Green light for Venus Express launcher fuelling (Tuesday, November 8, 2005) Venus Express: ready for lift-off (Tuesday, November 8, 2005) Venus Express launched (Tuesday, November 8, 2005) Mating of Venus Express, launch vehicle adapter and Fregat (Thursday, October 13, 2005) Mars Express Mission and Payload Status (Saturday, October 1, 2005) Solar Flare Interacts with Rosetta (Wednesday, September 21, 2005) Earth from Space: unique Arctic landscape surveyed by Proba (Friday, August 5, 2005) Mars Express Image: Water ice in crater at Martian north pole (Thursday, July 28, 2005) Hadley Rille on the Moon, seen by SMART-1 (Tuesday, July 26, 2005) Geospatial Interoperability (Wednesday, July 6, 2005) XMM-Newton detects water on Tempel 1 (Monday, July 4, 2005) Women rising to the challenge of weightlessness (Friday, May 20, 2005) Ulysses Status Report April 2005 (Thursday, May 12, 2005) Mars Express Status Report April 2005 (Thursday, May 12, 2005) Rosetta Status Report April 2005 (Thursday, May 12, 2005) ENEIDE Mission Information Report No. 5 (Monday, April 25, 2005) ENEIDE Mission Information Report No. 6 (Monday, April 25, 2005) BOP experiment comes to successful end (Friday, April 22, 2005) Enide Mission Information Report No. 2 (Wednesday, April 20, 2005) Roberto Vittori's diary from space: Launch day (Wednesday, April 20, 2005) Roberto Vittori's diary from space: Arrival at the Station (Wednesday, April 20, 2005) Ulysses Status Report - February 2005 (Tuesday, March 15, 2005) Europe under snow (Friday, March 11, 2005) Double volcanic eruption in Eastern Russia (Thursday, March 10, 2005) Rosetta's view of the Moon (Friday, March 4, 2005) First Mars Express Science Conference (Monday, February 28, 2005) Visible and IR Spectrum of Titan's surface and atmosphere recorded by DISR onboard Huygens (Tuesday, February 22, 2005) Mars Express Status Report 15 February 2005 (Wednesday, February 16, 2005) SMART-1 Mission Extension Approved (Wednesday, February 16, 2005) Rosetta Report for the period 17 to 27 January 2005 (Friday, February 4, 2005) SMART-1 Approaching Final Lunar Orbit (Saturday, January 22, 2005) Latest Results from Huygens 21 January 2005 (Saturday, January 22, 2005) INTEGRAL TOO observation of V0332+53 in outburst (Saturday, January 22, 2005) ESA Letter of Intent to Participate in the Gaia Data Processing (Saturday, January 22, 2005) Huygens' View From Ten Kilometres High Above Titan (Monday, January 17, 2005) Composite Panorama Of Titan's Surface During Huygens Descent (Saturday, January 15, 2005) First Results from Huygens (Saturday, January 15, 2005) Sounds from Titan (Saturday, January 15, 2005) Radio astronomers confirm Huygens entry in the atmosphere of Titan (Friday, January 14, 2005) Images of Titan Begin to Arrive from Huygens (Friday, January 14, 2005) ESA Huygens Status: Successful Probe Targeting Manoeuvre (Wednesday, December 22, 2004) SMART-1 Closing in on the Moon (Friday, December 10, 2004) ESA Cassini-Huygens Status Report, 07-12-2004 (Wednesday, December 8, 2004) SMART-1 completes its first orbit around the Moon (Sunday, November 21, 2004) Europe reaches the Moon - SMART-1 entering lunar orbit (Tuesday, November 16, 2004) Rosetta Configured For Cruise - Report for week 15 to 22 October (Monday, November 8, 2004) SMART-1: On Course for Lunar Capture (Thursday, October 28, 2004) Last Ion Engine Thrust Puts SMART-1 on the Right Track for its Moon Encounter (Monday, October 18, 2004) Gourmet Cooking on the way to Mars (Monday, October 18, 2004) Rosetta Status Report for week 1 to 8 October 2004 (Wednesday, October 13, 2004) Rosetta Status Report for week 10 to 17 September 2004 (Thursday, September 23, 2004) Huygens in-flight checkout test successful (Friday, September 17, 2004) Mars Express Status Report 2 September 2004 (Thursday, September 2, 2004) ESA Rosetta Status Report 9 August 2004 (Saturday, August 14, 2004) Mars Express Image: Olympus Mons caldera in perspective (Wednesday, August 11, 2004) SMART-1 views Middle East and Mediterranean (Wednesday, July 28, 2004) Cassini-Huygens Arrives at Saturn / ESA TV Service / 29 June - 9 July 2004 (Friday, June 25, 2004) Submitted Themes for ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 (Friday, June 11, 2004) ESA Mars Express Status Report 11 May 2004 (Wednesday, May 12, 2004) SMART-1 Status Report 4 May 2004 (Tuesday, May 4, 2004) ESA Rosetta Status Report 3 May 2004: First Earth Pointing of Payload (Monday, May 3, 2004) DELTA Mission experiments: status 21/22 April (Wednesday, April 28, 2004) Rosetta Status Report 26 April 2004 (Tuesday, April 27, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 17(I): Rest, Baikonur and quarantine (Sunday, April 18, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 17(II): Rest, Baikonur and quarantine (Sunday, April 18, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 16: Last lessons, final exams and traditions (Friday, April 16, 2004) SMART-1 as a Bench Test for Electric Propulsion (Sunday, April 11, 2004) Mars Express Images: Claritas Fossae tectonic region on Mars (Saturday, April 3, 2004) Mars Express Image of Lava Channels on Ascraeus Mons (Friday, April 2, 2004) Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 - What are the themes for space science? - A call to the European Science Community (Friday, April 2, 2004) Purpose and Conclusions of the ESA Cross Disciplinary Perspective Groups (XPG) (Friday, April 2, 2004) Andre Kuipers diary - Part 15: Press visit, TsUP and exams (Friday, April 2, 2004) Mars Express Commissioning Almost Complete (Wednesday, March 31, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 14: Shep's Bar, tips and results of medical (Friday, March 26, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 13: Online chat, medical exam and farewell to my daughters (Sunday, March 21, 2004) ESA Rosetta Status Report 15 Mar 2004 (Monday, March 15, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 12: Winter survival training and measuring blood pressure (Friday, March 12, 2004) André Kuipers' diary – Part 1: Back in the Netherlands for scientific experiments (Saturday, March 6, 2004) André Kuipers' diary – Part 2: Medical examination - six crowns (Saturday, March 6, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 3: Russian culture and Jules Unlimited (Saturday, March 6, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 4: The last holiday for a while (Saturday, March 6, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 5: Training in the Soyuz (Saturday, March 6, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 6: Testing the spacesuit (Saturday, March 6, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 7: Vibration test and parabolic flights (Saturday, March 6, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 8: New crew and a memorial service (Saturday, March 6, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 9: Training in Houston (Saturday, March 6, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 10: Training in Houston II (Saturday, March 6, 2004) André Kuipers' diary - Part 11: Farewell to the Netherlands. The G-force game. (Saturday, March 6, 2004) Rosetta in Good Health (Saturday, March 6, 2004) Rosetta launch delayed (Thursday, February 26, 2004) Mars Express Views the Caldera of Olympus Mons Close-up (Monday, February 16, 2004) Rosetta makes its first contact with Ariane 5 launcher hardware (Saturday, February 14, 2004) Rosetta Lander successfully completes on-ground check-out (Friday, February 13, 2004) ESA Hubble Status Report - February 2004 (Friday, February 13, 2004) ISO Status Report - February 2004 (Friday, February 13, 2004) ESA Huygens Status Report - February 2004 (Friday, February 13, 2004) ESA XMM-Newton Status Report - February 2004 (Friday, February 13, 2004) ESA INTEGRAL Status Report - February 2004 (Friday, February 13, 2004) ESA Mars Express Image of Valles Marineris Region (Tuesday, February 10, 2004) Cluster Status Report - February 2004 (Wednesday, February 4, 2004) ESA Open Invitation To Tender Definition of Human Transportation Systems for LEO and Exploration Missions (Wednesday, February 4, 2004) SMART-1 Ion Engine Switched Off and Commissioning Begins (Wednesday, February 4, 2004) Beagle 2 Fails To Call Mars Express (Wednesday, January 7, 2004) Mars Express orbiting precisely and safely (Saturday, December 27, 2003) Mars Express Status Report - 26 December 09:00 CET (Friday, December 26, 2003) Christmas vigil: listening for Beagle 2 (Friday, December 26, 2003) Mars Express enters orbit around the Red Planet; Contact awaited with Beagle 2 on the surface (Thursday, December 25, 2003) Beagle 2 - Second Opportunity Passes With no Contact (Thursday, December 25, 2003) Mars Express status report 23 Dec 2003 (Tuesday, December 23, 2003) Mars Express Retargeting complete (Sunday, December 21, 2003) Mars Express releases Beagle 2 (Friday, December 19, 2003) Next Stop Mars! (Friday, December 19, 2003) Is there Life On Mars? (Wednesday, December 17, 2003) Rosetta Journal Entry #4: Integration of PROM casettes completed (Wednesday, November 26, 2003) METOP satellite in test in Toulouse (Monday, November 24, 2003) Ongoing Rosetta activities on schedule (Monday, November 24, 2003) SMART-1 is flying at full speed through the Earth radiation belts (Tuesday, November 11, 2003) Rosetta Status Report: -Y wing successfully passes the deployment test (Tuesday, November 11, 2003) Cervantes mission concludes with Soyuz TMA-2 landing (Tuesday, October 28, 2003) ESA TV Service coverage of Soyuz landing 28 October 2003 (Monday, October 27, 2003) Pedro Duque's diary from space: Zero gravity has its downside (Monday, October 27, 2003) Pedro Duque's diary from space: Lost in space (Monday, October 27, 2003) Pedro Duque's diary from space - 27 October 2003 (Monday, October 27, 2003) Pedro Duque's diary from space 23 October 2003 (Friday, October 24, 2003) Pedro Duque's diary from space: The curtains of the sky (Friday, October 24, 2003) SMART-1 Completes 50th Orbit (Wednesday, October 22, 2003) ESA Mars Express Status 15 Oct 2003 (Wednesday, October 15, 2003) SMART-1 Status Report 7 October 2003 (Tuesday, October 7, 2003) SMART-1 Status Report October 6, 2003 (Monday, October 6, 2003) SMART-1 Status Report 29 September 2003 (Wednesday, October 1, 2003) Smart-1 Status Report 1 Oct 2003 (Wednesday, October 1, 2003) SMART-1 Launch Readiness Review completed (Friday, September 26, 2003) SMART-1 ready for launch (Friday, September 19, 2003) Mars Express Status Report September 16, 2003 (Wednesday, September 17, 2003) Mars Express Status Report 25 Aug 2003 (Thursday, August 28, 2003) SMART-1 to be launched on 4 September 2003 (Monday, August 18, 2003) Mars Express records the composition of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans (Thursday, July 17, 2003) Mars Express Photographs the Earth and the Moon (Thursday, July 17, 2003) Beagle 2 Tests Successfully Completed (Tuesday, July 8, 2003) Rescheduling of some Beagle 2 'cruise check-out' tests (Monday, June 23, 2003) Mars Express Status- Week of 09-13 June 2003 (Friday, June 13, 2003) Mars Express now 1 million kilometres from Earth (Friday, June 6, 2003) Two New ESA Life Sciences Research Announcements (Thursday, May 15, 2003) ESA Memo to Experimenters Regarding Rosetta Spacecraft Defueling (Wednesday, May 7, 2003) Failure investigation technical update - Space Shuttle Columbia - Information Note No. 4 (Friday, March 28, 2003) ESA reschedules European participation in Soyuz flights in a spirit of solidarity with International Space Station partners (Friday, February 28, 2003) Space Shuttle COLUMBIA- Information Note No. 3 (Thursday, February 20, 2003) Frank De Winne's Diary from Space 4 November 2002 (Monday, November 4, 2002) Odissea Mission crew enters International Space Station (Friday, November 1, 2002) Happy birthday and congratulations Proba (Tuesday, October 22, 2002) Giants joust in the cold (Tuesday, October 22, 2002) INTEGRAL Observatory Status 18 Oct 2002 (Friday, October 18, 2002) Successful deployment tests for Rosetta (Wednesday, July 3, 2002) Marco Polo mission highlights / ESA TV Exchanges / 07-05-2002 (Monday, May 6, 2002) Marco Polo Mission Update / ESA TV News / 02-05-2002 (Wednesday, May 1, 2002) Envisat Results Update / ESA TV Exchanges / 30-04-2002 (Monday, April 29, 2002) Marco Polo Mission update - Docking and Ingress (Sunday, April 28, 2002) ESA TV Service: STS-109 Launch Delayed 24 hours (Thursday, February 28, 2002) Envisat VNR / ESA TV Exchanges / 26-02-2002 (Monday, February 25, 2002) ESA/IPC(2001)11 - Call for Exploration Technology Proposals: Appendix 1 (Tuesday, February 19, 2002) ESA/IPC(2001)11 - Call for Exploration Technology Proposals (Tuesday, February 19, 2002) ESA TV: Change in Today's Transmission Time (Tuesday, February 12, 2002) European space events for 2002 (Saturday, January 5, 2002) Urgent Update on today's ESA TV Service (Thursday, November 15, 2001) ESA TV Live Coverage-14/11/01-ESA Ministerial Council Day 1 (Tuesday, November 13, 2001) Programmes proposed for adoption at the ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level, Edinburgh 14/15 November 2001 (Wednesday, November 7, 2001) Letters from ESA to the House Science Committee Chair and to the U.S. State Department expressing concern over the ISS Task Force Report (Wednesday, November 7, 2001) ESA Ministerial Council Pre-Event Footage / ESA TV Footage / 07-11-2001 (Tuesday, November 6, 2001) East Meets West on "Double Star", a Joint Mission to Explore Earth's Magnetic Field (Monday, July 9, 2001) ESA SPACE SCIENCE NEWSLETTER No. 176; 40 (Tuesday, June 26, 2001) Today's solar eclipse - ESO Annual Report 2000 (Thursday, June 21, 2001) Cluster quartet move in step (Monday, May 21, 2001) Sparks fly on Rosetta orbiter (Friday, April 6, 2001) Huygens in-flight checkout successfully completed (Monday, March 26, 2001) ESA TV News - info on feed 10 March & correction weekly schedule (Friday, March 9, 2001) First European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology 21-24 May 2001 (Friday, March 2, 2001) ISO's Active Archive Phase 28 Feb 2001 (Wednesday, February 28, 2001) Rosetta's High Gain Antenna passes critical review (Thursday, February 8, 2001) Huygens relay link mystery fully unravelled (Saturday, February 3, 2001) Mars Express takes shape - and on time, too! (Wednesday, January 31, 2001) Cluster interference campaign successfully completed (Friday, December 22, 2000) Ulysses kept on track during short leg of solar cruise (Thursday, December 7, 2000) Cluster buffeted by a solar storm (Friday, November 24, 2000) Huygens helps Cassini to meet Galileo at Jupiter (Thursday, November 23, 2000) Final boom deployment clears the way for Cluster commissioning (Friday, November 17, 2000) First crew starts living and working on the International Space Station (Tuesday, October 31, 2000) Spain delivers Integral's first science instrument (Thursday, October 12, 2000) Huygens communications package under investigation (Thursday, October 5, 2000) Boom time begins for Cluster (Thursday, September 7, 2000) Cluster quartet go into eclipse (Wednesday, August 30, 2000) Rosetta EQM comes together (Wednesday, August 16, 2000) Second Cluster pair soar into the skies above Baikonur (Wednesday, August 9, 2000) Historic separation of the two Clusters recorded for posterity (Wednesday, August 9, 2000) Soyuz/Cluster rollout to launch pad completed (Sunday, August 6, 2000) 6th Huygens checkout on 28 July (Thursday, July 27, 2000) First Cluster apogee burn completed (Monday, July 17, 2000) A perfect launch for the first Cluster pair (Sunday, July 16, 2000) Cluster News Update 15 July 200 (Saturday, July 15, 2000) ESA technology flies on Italian mini-satellite launched from Russia (Saturday, July 15, 2000) Cluster Launch Postponed (Saturday, July 15, 2000) Russian State Commission clears Cluster for countdown (Wednesday, July 12, 2000) Ulysses Status Report (Wednesday, February 2, 2000)

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