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href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Highlights/Comet_close-ups"><img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2015/01/crack_extension_in_anuket/15206670-1-eng-GB/Crack_extension_in_Anuket_highlight_std.jpg" width="565" height="318" border="0" alt="Comet" close-ups/></a></div> <div class="float">  <div class="hl_title" id="hl_bg_color"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Highlights/Comet_close-ups"><h1>Comet close-ups </h1></a></div> <div class="text"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Highlights/Comet_close-ups">High-resolution images from ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft reveal an incredible array of surface features on the comet </a></div> </div> </div> <div id="hl_content" class="hl_nr_5"> <div class="img"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2014/12/Preview_2015"><img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/10/andreas_samantha_thomas_and_timothy_at_star_city/14994389-2-eng-GB/Andreas_Samantha_Thomas_and_Timothy_at_Star_City_highlight_std.jpg" width="565" height="318" border="0" alt="Preview" 2015/></a></div> <div class="float">  <div class="hl_title" id="hl_bg_color"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2014/12/Preview_2015"><h1>Preview 2015</h1></a></div> <div class="text"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2014/12/Preview_2015">2015 will be another great year for Europe in space with launches and missions in several areas.</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="hl_content" class="hl_nr_6"> <div class="img"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2014/12/Ariane_6"><img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/12/artist_s_view_of_the_ariane_6_four_boosters_configuration_a642/15092821-2-eng-GB/Artist_s_view_of_the_Ariane_6_four_boosters_configuration_A64_highlight_std.jpg" width="565" height="318" border="0" alt="Ariane" 6 unveiled/></a></div> <div class="float">  <div class="hl_title" id="hl_bg_color"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2014/12/Ariane_6"><h1>Ariane 6 unveiled</h1></a></div> <div class="text"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2014/12/Ariane_6">Animation of Ariane 6 shows a modular three-stage launcher offering two configurations using: four boosters or two boosters</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="hl_content" class="hl_nr_7"> <div class="img"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Ministerial_Council_2014"><img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/12/esa_council_at_ministerial_level_luxembourg_on_2_december_20145/15091161-2-eng-GB/ESA_Council_at_Ministerial_Level_Luxembourg_on_2_December_2014_highlight_std.jpg" width="565" height="318" border="0" alt="Ministerial" council/></a></div> <div class="float">  <div class="hl_title" id="hl_bg_color"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Ministerial_Council_2014"><h1>Ministerial Council</h1></a></div> <div class="text"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Ministerial_Council_2014">ESA Council meeting at Ministerial Level, Luxembourg, 2 December</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="hl_content" class="hl_nr_8"> <div class="img"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/content/search?SearchText=samantha&img=1&SearchButton=Go" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/11/amazing_in_space/15077847-4-eng-GB/Amazing_in_space_highlight_std.jpg" width="565" height="318" border="0" alt="FUTURA"/></a></div> <div class="float">  <div class="hl_title" id="hl_bg_color"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/content/search?SearchText=samantha&img=1&SearchButton=Go" target="_blank"><h1>FUTURA</h1></a></div> <div class="text"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/content/search?SearchText=samantha&img=1&SearchButton=Go" target="_blank">In images</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="hl_content" class="hl_nr_9"> <div class="img"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/For_Media/Highlights/Futura" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/videos/2014/12/soyuz_tma-15m_spacecraft_transfer_and_liftoff/15103860-1-eng-GB/Soyuz_TMA-15M_spacecraft_transfer_and_liftoff_highlight_std.jpg" width="565" height="318" border="0" alt="Futura"/></a></div> <div class="float">  <div class="hl_title" id="hl_bg_color"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/For_Media/Highlights/Futura" target="_blank"><h1>Futura</h1></a></div> <div class="text"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/For_Media/Highlights/Futura" target="_blank">In videos</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="hl_content" class="hl_nr_10"> <div class="img"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/For_Media/Highlights/Rosetta" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/videos/2014/11/rosetta_wrap_up/15064031-2-eng-GB/ROSETTA_wrap_up_highlight_std.jpg" width="565" height="318" border="0" alt="Rosetta"/></a></div> 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This campaign, a precursor of the European Data Relay System, or EDRS, has paved the way for an entirely new approach of delivering data, with space systems becoming part of the global Big Data challenge. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="dots"></div> <div id="item_1422540000" class="article"> <div class="item"> <div class="text"> <p><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/For_Media/Press_Releases/Call_for_Media_ESA_s_experimental_spaceplane_set_for_flight">Call for Media: ESA's experimental spaceplane set for flight</a><span>29 January 2015</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="item_active"> <div class="text"> <p><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/For_Media/Press_Releases/Call_for_Media_ESA_s_experimental_spaceplane_set_for_flight">Call for Media: ESA's experimental spaceplane set for flight</a><span>29 January 2015</span> ESA's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is ready for its launch and reentry mission on 11 February. The launch is scheduled for 13:00 GMT (14:00 CET) atop a Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Media representatives are invited to follow the launch online or attend events in Italy, Germany or Spain. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="dots"></div> <div id="item_1422252600" class="article"> <div class="item"> <div class="text"> <p><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/For_Media/Press_Releases/ESA_and_Airbus_Defence_and_Space_to_decide_on_the_route_to_proceed_with_EDRS_completion">ESA and Airbus Defence and Space to decide on the route to pro...</a><span>26 January 2015</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="item_active"> <div class="text"> <p><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/For_Media/Press_Releases/ESA_and_Airbus_Defence_and_Space_to_decide_on_the_route_to_proceed_with_EDRS_completion">ESA and Airbus Defence and Space to decide on the route to pro...</a><span>26 January 2015</span> Following intense work during the past weeks between all partners involved with the EDRS programme, in particular the European Commission, ESA and Airbus, the business prospects of EDRS have been consolidated. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="dots"></div> <div class="morelink"><span class="box"><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/For_Media/Press_Releases"><b>Press release archive</a></b></span></div> <div class="dots"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="sep30"></div> <div class="dots"></div> <div class="sep15"></div>  <div id="programme_news"> <div class="title"> <div class="t_left"><h2>Latest News</h2></div> <div class="t_right"></div> </div> <div id="prg_news"> <div class="dots"></div> <div id="item_0" class="article"> <div class="item"> <div class="img"> <img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2015/01/fluffy_dust_grains/15211742-1-eng-GB/Fluffy_dust_grains_newslist.jpg" width="70" height="70" alt=""/> </div> <div class="text"> <p><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_watches_comet_shed_its_dusty_coat">Rosetta watches comet shed its dusty coat </a><span>26 January 2015</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="item_active"> <div class="img"> <img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2015/01/fluffy_dust_grains/15211742-1-eng-GB/Fluffy_dust_grains_newslist.jpg" width="170" height="170" alt=""/> </div> <div class="text"> <p><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_watches_comet_shed_its_dusty_coat">Rosetta watches comet shed its dusty coat </a><span>26 January 2015</span> ESA’s Rosetta mission is providing unique insight into the life cycle of a comet’s dusty surface, watching 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko as it sheds the dusty coat it has accumulated over the past four years. </p> </div> <div class="link"></div> </div> </div> <div class="dots"></div> <div id="item_1" class="article"> <div class="item"> <div class="img"> <img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2015/01/colour_image_of_beagle-2_on_mars/15194341-1-eng-GB/Colour_image_of_Beagle-2_on_Mars_newslist.jpg" width="70" height="70" alt=""/> </div> <div class="text"> <p><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Beagle-2_lander_found_on_Mars">Beagle-2 lander found on Mars</a><span>16 January 2015</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="item_active"> <div class="img"> <img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2015/01/colour_image_of_beagle-2_on_mars/15194341-1-eng-GB/Colour_image_of_Beagle-2_on_Mars_newslist.jpg" width="170" height="170" alt=""/> </div> <div class="text"> <p><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Beagle-2_lander_found_on_Mars">Beagle-2 lander found on Mars</a><span>16 January 2015</span> The UK-led Beagle-2 Mars lander, which hitched a ride on ESA’s Mars Express mission and was lost on Mars since 2003, has been found in images taken by a NASA orbiter at the Red Planet. </p> </div> <div class="link"></div> </div> </div> <div class="dots"></div> <div id="item_2" class="article"> <div class="item"> <div class="img"> <img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2015/01/ixv_ready_for_launch/15190798-1-eng-GB/IXV_ready_for_launch_newslist.jpg" width="70" height="70" alt=""/> </div> <div class="text"> <p><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/IXV/Vega_ready_to_launch_spaceplane">Vega ready to launch spaceplane</a><span>14 January 2015</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="item_active"> <div class="img"> <img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2015/01/ixv_ready_for_launch/15190798-1-eng-GB/IXV_ready_for_launch_newslist.jpg" width="170" height="170" alt=""/> </div> <div class="text"> <p><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/IXV/Vega_ready_to_launch_spaceplane">Vega ready to launch spaceplane</a><span>14 January 2015</span> On its first launch of the year, Europe’s Vega rocket will loft ESA’s unmanned spaceplane to test reentry technologies for future vehicles. </p> </div> <div class="link"></div> </div> </div> <div class="dots"></div> <div id="item_3" class="article"> <div class="item"> <div class="img"> <img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/12/prof._dr.-ing._johann-dietrich_woerner/15167914-1-eng-GB/Prof._Dr.-Ing._Johann-Dietrich_Woerner_newslist.jpg" width="70" height="70" alt=""/> </div> <div class="text"> <p><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Johann-Dietrich_Woerner_to_be_Director_General_of_ESA">Johann-Dietrich Woerner to be Director General of ESA</a><span>18 December 2014</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="item_active"> <div class="img"> <img src="/web/20150209014557im_/http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/12/prof._dr.-ing._johann-dietrich_woerner/15167914-1-eng-GB/Prof._Dr.-Ing._Johann-Dietrich_Woerner_newslist.jpg" width="170" height="170" alt=""/> </div> <div class="text"> <p><a href="/web/20150209014557/http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Johann-Dietrich_Woerner_to_be_Director_General_of_ESA">Johann-Dietrich Woerner to be Director General of ESA</a><span>18 December 2014</span> Today, the Council of the European Space Agency announced the appointment of Johann-Dietrich Woerner as the next Director General of ESA, for a period of four years starting on 1 July 2015.  </p> </div> <div class="link"></div> </div> </div> <div class="dots"></div> <div id="item_4" class="article"> <div class="item"> <div class="img"> <img 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