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Teams Selected For 2010 Microgravity Programme Paris, France (ESA) Jan 19, 2010 
Following the debut of ESA's 'Fly Your Thesis!' programme in 2009, four teams of university students have been selected to conduct their microgravity experiments during a second series of parabolic flights aboard an aircraft.
The teams, made up of students from five ESA Member States, were chosen from 12 teams whose proposals were short-listed in September 2009.
During the final sele ... read moreRocket Test Will Carry Purdue Experiment 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 02, 2009Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin. The experiment will be used to study how fluids behave in low gravity, providing information that could help engineers design better components for a variety of technologies used both on the Earth and ... more
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US warns China against 'stillborn' climate deal
Businessman to fly African flags on space trip NASA to launch solar observatory Europe battles declining influence Prius: world's most popular hybrid Russia wants to charge more for rides to space: report Russia, China agree on nuclear construction cost: report China-born aerospace engineer gets 15 years for spying Mexico climate summit set for early December in Cancun Climate change impact of soil underestimated: study 
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Two Successful Rockets With Experiments In Weightlessness
Esrange Space Center, Sweden (SPX) Nov 30, 2009During the last week two sounding rockets with microgravity experiments were successfully launched from Esrange Space Center, the operational space facility of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC). The Brazilian motor VSB-30 was used during both flights. The TEXUS project is a sounding rocket program with the primary aim to investigate the properties and behaviour of materials, chemicals ... more First 'Fly Your Thesis!' Campaign Gives Students A Taste Of Space 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 12, 2009ESA's 'Fly Your Thesis!' programme made its successful debut during ESA's 51st Parabolic Flight Campaign, held 25 October to 5 November. Four student teams from five European countries took advantage of this new educational initiative to conduct microgravity experiments on the Airbus A300 'Zero G' aircraft. 'Fly Your Thesis!' was introduced by ESA's Education Office in close coordination w ... more Spin Your Thesis! 2010 Call For Proposals 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 03, 2009ESA is offering European students the opportunity to conduct hypergravity experiments, with a call for proposals for the 2010 'Spin Your Thesis!' programme. This programme will enable university students to carry out experiments in hypergravity by using the Large Diameter Centrifuge (LDC) in ESTEC, the Netherlands. The LDC allows samples to be exposed to acceleration forces of 1-20 ... more GOCE Delivering Data For Best Gravity Map Ever 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 01, 2009Following the launch and in-orbit testing of the most sophisticated gravity mission ever built, ESA's GOCE satellite is now in 'measurement mode', mapping tiny variations in Earth's gravity in unprecedented detail. The 'Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer' (GOCE) satellite was launched on 17 March from northern Russia. The data now being received will lead to a better ... more |
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Astronomy Question Of The Week What Are Gravitational Lenses
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 23, 2009Ninety years ago, Arthur Eddington undertook an expedition to West Africa to confirm Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. Eddington was not, of course, an ethnologist or geologist but an astrophysicist and he observed the solar eclipse there on 29 May 1919. This enabled him to photograph stars in the region around the Sun - stars which would otherwise have been obscured by the ... more Will Lisa Find Gravitational Waves And Prove Einstein Right 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 09, 2009Space and time are no longer what they used to be - absolute dimensions of the universe without regard to anything external. That is how Isaac Newton described them in the seventeenth century. In 1915, Albert Einstein completed his general theory of relativity, which fundamentally changed our view of space and time. The general theory of relativity deals with one of the basic physical ... more GOCE Achieves Drag-Free Perfection 
Paris, France (SPX) May 27, 2009ESA's gravity mission GOCE has achieved a first in the history of satellite technology. The sophisticated electric propulsion system has shown that it is able to keep the satellite completely free from drag as it cuts through the remnants of Earth's atmosphere - paving the way for the best gravity data ever. Volker Liebig, ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes commented, "I am ver ... more QUIET Team To Deploy New Gravity-Wave Probe In June 
Chicago IL (SPX) May 18, 2009A tiny fraction of a second following the big bang, the universe allegedly experienced the most inflationary period it has ever known. During this inflationary era, space expanded faster than the speed of light. It sounds crazy, but it fits a variety of cosmological observations made in recent years, said University of Chicago physicist Bruce Winstein. "Theorists take it to be true ... more |
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