# European Space Agency

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2022

# To infinity...

British medic set to become first astronaut recruit with a disability

The European Space Agency calls John McFall a ‘Parastronaut Feasibility Study Member’.

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Nov 23rd 2022, 6:42 PM

European Space Agency to launch Ireland's first satellite early next year

It will orbit 520km above Earth’s surface in what is known as low Earth orbit.

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Oct 4th 2022, 6:35 PM

# European Space Agency

Europe’s joint Mars mission with Russia postponed by Ukraine war

The goal is to put Europe’s first rover on the red planet to help determine whether there has ever been life on Mars.

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Mar 1st 2022, 9:10 AM

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# the good information project

What does membership of the European Space Agency mean to Ireland?

It’s about cash and credibility as much as chasing comets.

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Sep 4th 2021, 7:00 PM

# space debris

Man-made 'space junk' is already making it more difficult to explore the final frontier

So what are organisations like the European Space Agency doing about it?

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Aug 28th 2021, 9:00 PM

# spásaire

270 Irish people have applied to be an astronaut - so will we see an Irish person in space?

“That is what speaks to me about being an astronaut – it gives me the opportunity to make the world better and to inspire other people to do the same.”

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Aug 28th 2021, 8:00 AM

# European Space Agency

World's largest iceberg - slightly bigger than Majorca - breaks off Antarctica

The iceberg is around 170 kilometres long and 25 kilometres wide, and is floating through the Weddell Sea.

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May 20th 2021, 11:19 AM

# Water Water Everywhere

Lake of water discovered beneath the surface of Mars

The discovery has led to the eternal question to be asked once more – could there be life on Mars?

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Jul 25th 2018, 9:31 PM

# Fly me to the moon

There's a European plan to have 100 people living on the Moon by 2040

The European Space Agency says it needs political backing.

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Sep 25th 2017, 6:05 AM

# we have liftoff

European Space Agency gives go-ahead for Ireland's first satellite

An Irish project was selected by the ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! (FYS) programme.

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May 23rd 2017, 9:23 AM

# ISS

Irish students to talk to astronaut in live chat from space

They’ll talk next week.

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Jan 21st 2017, 10:00 AM

# end of mission

The pioneering Rosetta probe has crash-landed on Comet 67P

Wild cheering erupted in the mission control centre in Darmstadt, as spacecraft operations manager Sylvain Lodiot announced the official end of mission.

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Sep 30th 2016, 12:32 PM

# Fly me to the moon

Some very bright Irish people are set for placements with the European Space Agency

The numbers employed in the space industry here are set to double to over 1,000 according to the agency.

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Jun 21st 2016, 6:22 PM

# The Red Planet

WATCH: Spacecraft blasts off in new mission to search for life on Mars

The key goal is to analyse methane, a gas which is created in large by living microbes.

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Mar 14th 2016, 11:39 AM

# peakey blinder

UK astronaut Tim Peake arrives at International Space Station

The 43-year-old said he would call his relatives from space to wish them a merry Christmas.

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Dec 15th 2015, 6:43 PM

Voices

We're getting children excited about outer space at an earlier age

My inner space nerd was delighted to be accepted onto the European Space Agency’s workshop for primary school teachers.

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Jul 19th 2015, 12:00 PM

# sealed off

Evacuation on ISS after toxic leak alarm sounds, all astronauts safe

Nasa says the no leak has yet been confirmed.

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Jan 14th 2015, 5:25 PM

# big philae style

Exploding rockets and chasing comets - The year in space exploration

What a year it’s been…

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Dec 26th 2014, 4:00 PM

# sleep tight

Philae probe has fallen asleep after its batteries ran out

The robot probe managed to transfer all of the data it collected to its mother ship before it took its eternal nap.

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Nov 15th 2014, 8:29 AM

# comet landing

Philae hopes to communicate drilling results soon, but could it be its final hours?

Due to the lander’s position scientists are concerned about the battery supply.

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Nov 14th 2014, 9:33 PM

# c-langers

Here's what Comet 67P would look like if it landed in Cork City

It’s safe to say Elysian wouldn’t look so tall anymore.

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Nov 13th 2014, 11:08 AM

# dark side of the comet

Ever wanted to see a comet up close? You're in luck

The photos were shot from a distance of 30km or less.

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Nov 10th 2014, 7:27 PM

# Pungent

Comets smell like a mix of rotten eggs, horse pee, alcohol and almonds

Almonds? Ugh.

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Oct 25th 2014, 7:15 AM

# together at last

Rosetta spacecraft reaches comet it's been chasing for ten years

For today, Rosetta will travel alongside the comet but will later start its orbits.

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Aug 6th 2014, 10:30 AM

# space probe

Comet-chasing probe sends back pics of 'strange-looking potato' formation

The Rosetta probe is due to land on the comet in November – and its latest pictures suggest it is made of two distinct parts.

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Jul 17th 2014, 5:52 PM

# Rebel Alliance

The final frontier: Cork company set for space trip after contract win

A medical devices company in Cork has won a €1 million contract with the European Space Agency

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May 15th 2014, 11:04 AM

Voices

Column: Look up! The Red Planet is continuing to shine brightly in the night sky

With Mars currently in opposition, and shining with an orange tinge, Conor Farrell explores our fascination with the Red Planet.

Apr 10th 2014, 7:30 PM

# SPACE DISCOVERY

ESA launches rocket that will create a detailed map of the Milky Way

Today engineers will command Gaia to perform the first of two critical thruster firings to ensure it’s on the right trajectory.

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Dec 20th 2013, 7:15 AM

Urban beauties: Incredible view of cities from space

The European Space Agency’s Envistat and other satellites have captured manmade features from above.

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Nov 30th 2013, 10:00 AM

# the magnetic fields

European space mission to explore strange changes in Earth’s magnetism

The European Space Agency is preparing to launch three hi-tech satellites this Friday.

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Nov 19th 2013, 7:45 AM

# Satellite

European satellite to crash to earth this weekend

The chances of a human being hit are about 65,000 times lower than getting struck by lightning, the European Space Agency.

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Nov 8th 2013, 9:10 PM

# ISS

NASA aborts spacewalk after helmet leak

The dangerous water leak occurred in the helmet of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano about an hour into the spacewalk.

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Jul 16th 2013, 3:14 PM

# Space

Chris Hadfield's replacements to study plants and fire in space

Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin will lead his six-month mission with flight engineers Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano.

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May 29th 2013, 10:58 AM

# solar storms

New solar storm detection centre for Europe

The centre in Brussels is part of wider system that tracks objects in space that threaten to collide with the Earth.

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Apr 4th 2013, 6:30 AM

# Sunscreen

Irish company wins €500k deal to make sunscreen for satellites

Enbio signed the contract with the European Space Agency.

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Dec 13th 2012, 10:07 AM

# Technology

Dublin start-up wins at European Space Agency technology awards

Vicinity Systems was named the Irish winner and shortlisted for the ESA Special Prize for Innovation at the international Galileo Masters competition.

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Oct 27th 2012, 2:25 PM