Milestone for Europe in space
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The launch of the Columbus science laboratory marks a key moment in space exploration for Europe.
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Europe's Huygens spacecraft is set to make history as it heads for its rendezvous with Saturn's moon titan.
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The first European spacecraft sent to the moon has entered lunar orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on November 16, 2004.
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In a crucial mission for Europe's space program, an upgraded Ariane-5 rocket successfully orbited two satellites into space on Saturday - two years after a first attempt ended in failure.
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PARIS The first European spacecraft sent to the Moon has entered orbit there, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. The SMART-1 spacecraft reached its closest point to the Moon so far, coming within 5,000
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Europe&#39;s first mission to the moon, SMART-1, has been placed in orbit around the moon. European Space Agency (ESA) science director David Southwood says the moon&#39;s gravity captured the probe Monday.
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Europe's first mission to the Moon, the unmanned probe SMART-1, has been safely placed in orbit around the Moon, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced.
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2 December 2004 -- The European Union began its largest military operation today, formally taking over NATO&#39;s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina with 7,000 troops.
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Russia successfully launches Europe's most powerful telecommunications satellite.
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Launched from Kourou in French Guiana on the night of 28 February 2002, ESAâs Envisat spacecraft marks its fifth year in space.
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Europe's unmanned Rosetta space probe flies within 250km of Mars on its 10-year journey to land on a comet.
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The first European spacecraft sent to the moon has entered lunar orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday.
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One of the most innovative missions in space exploration has come to a dramatic close as Europe's first probe to the Moon crashed into the lunar surface giving stargazers around the world an astronomical fireworks display.
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Europe&#39;s first mission to the Moon has arrived and begun orbiting, 14 months after its launch from French Guiana. European Space Agency officials confirmed Tuesday the SMART-1 spacecraft reached
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Monday night will mark the beginning of Europeâs space exploration, as a tiny spacecraft will start orbiting the moon. On Monday, SMART-1 (the acronym stands for Small Missions for Advanced Research and
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Europe's Huygens spacecraft is set to make history as it heads for its rendezvous with Saturn's moon Titan.
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Industrial groups in Europe are about to look in detail at ideas for a new launch system to put humans in space.