BBC: Russia ‘to save its ISS modules’
Russia is making plans to detach and fly away its parts of the International Space Station when the time comes to de-orbit the rest of the outpost.
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Report of Joint NASA ESA Mission: UK to bid for Mars sample centre
Rocks from Mars could be brought to the UK within the next 20 years, if a bid to host a study facility is successful.
Read MoreA Meeting Of Minds: EC + EUMETSAT
Heinz Zourek, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry in the European Commission, met the EUMETSAT Director-General, Dr. Lars Prahm, on March 24th at the headquarters of the European Meteorological Satellite Organisation in Darmstadt, Germany, Mr. Zourek’s first visit to EUMETSAT.
Read MoreESA + China Agree To Bio Sample Space Transportation
The Xinhua News Agency is reporting China has agreed to carry a bio sample for the European Space Agency on the country's Shenzhou-8 spacecraft, this according to Zhang Jianqi, deputy chief commander of the manned space project.
Read MoreDisarmament Conference Offers Outer Space Use Code
The European Union on Thursday, February 12, presented a proposal for a voluntary international code on the use of outer space to the Conference on Disarmament, just days after a Russian and U.S. satellite collided.
Read MoreNew Mexico + Sweden Now Have Space In Common
Officials from the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Spaceport Sweden to align with Spaceport America as ‘Sister Spaceports’.
Read MoreESA/Commission Concur on Component Programme
Today in Brussels, the amendment to the EC-ESA GMES agreement was signed by Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, the ESA Director General, and Mr. Heinz Zourek, Director General of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry.
Read MoreVietnam and France Ready For Another Sat
Vietnam’s first satellite, VINASAT-1, was launched last April and all was successful. Now their Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced that France would be the provider of technology and official development assistance (ODA) for the natural resources, environment and disaster monitoring of small satellite (VNREADSat-1), Vietnam’s second satellite after Vinasat-1.
Read MorePoland Obtains Full Participation In EUMETSAT
Mr. Stanis³aw Gaw³owski, Secretary of State of the Ministry of the Environment, and Prof. Mieczys³aw Ostojski, Director-General of Poland’s Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, met a EUMETSAT delegation led by the organization’s Director-General, Dr. Lars Prahm.
Read MoreEUMETSAT Welcomes Latvia As Newest Member State
Latvia has signed the accession agreement to become a full Member State of EUMETSAT.
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