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Press Releases — 1994

Published by the ESA Newsroom and Media Relations

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Press Release N° 47–1994
Science & Exploration

Hubble finds one of smallest stars in the Universe

This picture taken by the European Space Agency's faint object camera on-board the Hubble Space Telescope(*) resolves, for the first time, one of the smallest stars in our Milky Way galaxy. Called G1623b the diminutive star (right of center) is ten times less massive than the Sun, and 60,000 times fainter. (If it were as far away as the Sun it would only be eight times brighter than the Full Moon).
16/12/1994 399 views
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Press Release N° 46–1994
Agency

Ratification of the agreement on Finnish membership of ESA

14/12/1994 358 views
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Press Release N° 45–1994
Agency

Jean-Francois Clervoy: Return to Europe

Just over a month after the completion of the Atlas-3 mission which took place from 3 to 14 November aboard the space shuttle Atlantis (see Press Release No. 41-94), ESA astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy will be back in Europe.
09/12/1994 296 views
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Press Release N° 44–1994
Agency

Signature of an agreement between ESA and NASDA concerning an interorbit link experiment at optical and frequencies

09/12/1994 411 views
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Press Release N° 43–1994
Enabling & Support

Completion of separation tests on Ariane-5 fairing

The last in-vacuo separation test on the Ariane-5 fairing took place on 17 November 1994 in the vacuum chamber at NASA's Plum-Brook station (a specialised facility able to scope with the size of the test specimen).
22/11/1994 310 views
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Press Release N° 42–1994
Enabling & Support

ARIANE-5 Successful test of the cryogenic main stage(*) propulsion system

The propulsion system for the Ariane-5 launcher's cryogenic main stage operated successfully for 280 seconds (the nominal time authorised for a battleship tank configuration) in a test carried out on Thursday, 17 November 1994 in the launch zone at the Guiana Space centre (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana (see ESA Press Release no. 36-94).
18/11/1994 245 views
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Press Release N° 41–1994
Science & Exploration

ESA astronaut returns from space

European Space Agency astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy and five NASA astronauts returned to Earth today aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis after a highly successful 11-day atmospheric research mission.
14/11/1994 321 views
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Press Release N° 40–1994
Science & Exploration

ESA astronaut Ulf Merbold back to Germany

Some two weeks after his landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz TM-19 capsule (see ESA press Release no. 39-94) which concluded the very successful 31 day long EUROMIR 94 mission, ESA astronaut Ulf Merbold is now ready to get back to Germany after having undergone the usual post flight tests within a long period of extensive scientific investigation.
11/11/1994 280 views
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Press Release N° 39–1994
Science & Exploration

Successful landing of ESA astronaut Ulf Merbold

The longest mission in European space history, EUROMIR 94, came to an end today with the successful landing of ESA astronaut Ulf Merbold aboard the Soyuz TM-19 spacecraft. The capsule touched down in Kazakhstan at 12h18 CET. Also onboard were Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Kazakh Talgat Musabyev.
04/11/1994 285 views
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Press Release N° 38–1994
Science & Exploration

Two ESA astronauts in space today

The European Space Agency has two astronauts working in space today after the successful launch of the US space shuttle Atlantis carrying European astronaut Jean-François Clervoy from France. He joins Ulf Merbold from Germany, who has been aboard the Russian Mir space station for nearly a month.
03/11/1994 298 views
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Press Release N° 37–1994
Science & Exploration

Media opportunities during the STS-66/ATLAS 3 mission

28/10/1994 380 views
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Press Release N° 36–1994
Enabling & Support

Firming up dates for the Ariane-5 qualification flights

The stage reached in Ariane-5 development means that the qualification flight dates can now be firmed up. The European Space Agency (ESA) and the French space agency (CNES), in liaison with the relevant firms, have accordingly carried out a detailed review of the Ariane-5 time schedule leading up to the 501 and 502 flights.
20/10/1994 302 views
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Press Release N° 35–1994
Enabling & Support

Ariane 5 - Successful first long duration test of the storable propellant stage

The Ariane 5 storable propellant stage (EPS)(*), developed by DASA (Germany), successfully passed a first long duration firing test (1075 s) on the 5th October at the Lampoldshausen test stand.
14/10/1994 273 views
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Press Release N° 34–1994
Science & Exploration

European astronaut and atmosphere studies on Space Shuttle mission

During the first two weeks of November, ESA will be again on the scene of international manned space flight, playing an important role in the ATLAS 3 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS -66) and taking another step towards global cooperation in space.
14/10/1994 256 views
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Press Release N° 33–1994
Science & Exploration

European scientists' proposals for HORIZON 2000+

Following a meeting of representatives of the European scientific community and the European Space Agency, held in Rome from 29 September to 1 October, a programme to follow on from "Horizon 2000", maintaining continuity, has been defined with a view to incorporation into the ESA long- term plan to be submitted to the Agency's Council meeting at ministerial level in autumn next year.
10/10/1994 865 views
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Press Release N° 32–1994
Science & Exploration

Classroom in Space

10/10/1994 481 views
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Press Release N° 31–1994
Agency

Signing of ESA/RKA Cooperation Agreement

05/10/1994 440 views
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Press Release N° 30–1994
Enabling & Support

Fourth test on ARIANE 5 solid booster goes well

The fourth test on a P230 solid booster for the European Ariane 5 launcher took place on Friday 30 September 1994 at 13h05, Paris time, on its test stand at the Guyana Space Centre, the European spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana.
30/09/1994 301 views
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Press Release N° 29–1994
Science & Exploration

Spotlight on Cluster

At the end of 1995, CLUSTER, an ambitious European Space Agency science project using four identical spacecraft to study the Earth's magnetosphere, will be launched from Europe's spaceport in Kourou by the first Ariane 5 launcher.
29/09/1994 515 views
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Press Release N° 28–1994
Science & Exploration

EUROMIR 94 heralds new era of cooperation in space

A new era of international cooperation in space begins next week when an ESA astronaut blasts off on EUROMIR 94, a month-long mission to the Russian Mir space station.
28/09/1994 869 views
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Press Release N° 27–1994
Science & Exploration

ESA signs ARD contract with AEROSPATIALE

Europe chooses the "simple, fast and economical" option. Europe has two years to develop and prepare for launch by Ariane-5 a space vehicle demonstrator that can be considered as the first step towards a future crew transport vehicle.The demonstration vehicle, called the ARD or Atmospheric Re-entry Demonstrator, is the tangible result of the reorientation of ESA's manned space programme towards affordable concepts paving the way for Europe's contribution to the International Space Station programme.
19/09/1994 439 views
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Press Release N° 26–1994
Science & Exploration

Ulysses discovers the mysteries of the sun's south pole

The pass over the Sun's south pole currently being carried out by ESA's probe Ulysses(*) has so far been a total success and has already yielded a first clutch of surprise results concerning this unexplored region.
16/09/1994 391 views
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Press Release N° 25–1994
Science & Exploration

Ulysses(*) reaches the South Pole of the Sun

After almost four years, an exploratory voyage crossing regions of the cosmos never before visited by spacecraft is approaching its climax. On 13 September 1994, ESA's Ulysses spaceprobe will reach a point less than 10 degrees from the Sun's south pole.
30/08/1994 257 views
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Press Release N° 24–1994
Science & Exploration

The HUBES experiment : a ground-based simulation of a 135-day manned spaceflight

In the framework of the co-operation between the European Space Agency and Russia, a 135-day flight by a European astronaut on board the Russian orbital Mir complex is scheduled for 1995. This mission, EUROMIR 95, will follow EUROMIR 94, a shorter (30-day) mission scheduled to start on 3 October 1994.
22/08/1994 1520 views
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Press Release N° 23–1994
Agency

Europe putting space to work, at the 1994 Farnborough Air Show

At the 1994 Farnborough Air Show, from 5 to 11 September, the European Space Agency - together with the British National Space Centre (BNSC) and the United Kingdom Industrial Space Committee (UKISC) - will be featuring a space pavilion showing what Europe and Britain do in space.
18/08/1994 266 views
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Press Release N° 22–1994
Applications

ERS-2 day at ESA/ESTEC on 2 September 1994

Scheduled for launch as from December this year, the second European Remote Sensing satellite, ERS-2, is undergoing final tests at ESA/ESTEC (the European Space research and Technology Centre) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. In mid- September the spacecraft will be shipped to Kourou, French Guiana, from where it will be launched on board an Ariane 4 launcher.
18/08/1994 344 views
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Press Release N° 21–1994
Applications

PRODAT-System: ESA Mobile Satellite Communications Technology Addresses Chernobyl Problems

Space telecommunications technology developed by ESA is helping the Ukrainian authorities to decrease risks of radioactive contamination. In a pilot project, trucks transporting nuclear waste are now being equipped with mobile terminals to transmit, via satellite, data on radiation levels as well as their locations to an Emergency Control Centre.
13/07/1994 598 views
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Press Release N° 20–1994
Agency

ESA/Greece Cooperation Agreement

A Cooperation Agreement between the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Government of Greece was signed today in Athens by the Greek Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology, Mr. G. Simitis and Mr. J.-M. Luton, ESA's Director General and in the presence of Mr. J. Charalambous, Minister of Transport and Communications.
04/07/1994 553 views
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Press Release N° 19–1994
Science & Exploration

EUROMIR 94 Press Conference at ESA/EAC Last appearance of ESA astronauts in western Europe

The first ESA manned spaceflight with Russia is scheduled for 3 October this year. This 30 day-long mission, dubbed EUROMIR 94 , will see the participation of ESA's astronaut Ulf Merbold, from Germany. Pedro Duque, from Spain, is also training for the same mission and has been assigned to the stand-by crew.
26/06/1994 263 views
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Press Release N° 18–1994
Enabling & Support

Third test on Ariane 5 solid booster goes well

The third test on a P230 solid booster for the European Ariane 5 launcher took place on Monday 20 June 1994 at 19:05 hrs, Paris time, on its test stand at the Guyana Space Centre, the European spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana.
21/06/1994 252 views
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Press Release N° 17–1994
Science & Exploration

ESA takes part in IML-2 shuttle mission : Press briefing at ESA/ESOC.

10/06/1994 338 views
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Press Release N° 16–1994
Science & Exploration

Ulf Merbold selected as ESA Astronaut for EUROMIR 94

ESA's Director General, Mr. Jean-Marie Luton has announced today, Monday 30 May 1994, during a press conference at the ILA'94 Berlin Airshow the selection of Ulf Merbold as member of the Crew scheduled to fly for the EUROMIR 94 mission in October this year.
30/05/1994 457 views
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Press Release N° 15–1994
Enabling & Support

Tests on the Ariane-5 programme's Vulcain engine

An incident occurred on 11 April 1994 during a test on revalidated Vulcain engine M6-R1, carried out on SEP's PF50 teststand at Vernon (France) - see ESA-CNES Joint Press Release No 11-94.
24/05/1994 353 views
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Press Release N° 14–1994
Agency

ESA press conference at the Berlin Airshow ILA'94: announcement of the ESA astronaut to fly on EUROMIR 94

The European Space Agency will participate with a large space pavilion at Berlin Air Show ILA '94, open from 28 May to 6 June 1994 at the Berlin- Shoenenfeld airport.
20/05/1994 263 views
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Press Release N° 13–1994
Science & Exploration

ESA proposes Moon initiative

11/05/1994 472 views
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Press Release N° 12–1994
Applications

ESA-IAC agreement on Optical Ground Station signed

On 29 April 1994, the Director of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), Prof. Francisco Sanchez and the Director General of ESA, Mr. Jean-Marie Luton, signed an agreement on the installation of an Optical Ground Station at the Teide. The main purpose of this ground station is to receive laser- optical signals from ESA's ARTEMIS satellite, to be launched in 1997.
29/04/1994 366 views
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Press Release N° 11–1994
Enabling & Support

Incident during Ariane-5 Vulcain engine test

On 11 April 1994 at 1534 hours, an incident occurred during Vulcain engine development testing. Fifteen seconds into the second test on the M6-R1 revalidated prototype on the PF50 stand at SEP (Vernon), a fire broke out at the site of the liquid oxygen turbopump.
13/04/1994 289 views
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Press Release N° 10–1994
Agency

112th meeting of the ESA Council: Restructuring of "manned spaceflight" and "launcher" programmes

At its 112th meeting, held in Paris on 22 and 23 March 1994, the ESA Council approved a new internal structure for the manned spaceflight and launcher programmes, as proposed by the Director General.
23/03/1994 302 views
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Press Release N° 9–1994
Agency

Finland becomes ESA's 14th Member State

On Tuesday, 22 March 1994, Mr Matti Vuoria, Secretary General at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, acting on behalf of the Finnish Government, and Mr Jean-Marie Luton, ESA Director General, signed the Agreement for Finland's accession to the ESA Convention, thereby bringing the number of Member States to 14(*).
22/03/1994 1479 views
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Press Release N° 8–1994
Science & Exploration

Russia - a new partner in the international space station

On Friday, 18 March 1994, at a meeting held in Paris, the signatories of the multilateral Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on cooperation in the design, development, operation and utilisation of the future international space station welcomed Russia as a new partner and began the negotiations that will establish its role.
18/03/1994 237 views
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Press Release N° 7–1994
Applications

Meteosat 6 experiences anomaly

04/04/1994 360 views
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Press Release N° 6–1994
Agency

111th meeting of the ESA Council: A decisive step forward for the European space endeavour

30/08/1994 347 views
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Press Release N° 5–1994
Science & Exploration

Crew of Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission visits Europe

28/01/1994 344 views
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Press Release N° 4–1994
Agency

ESA/Poland cooperation agreement

A cooperation agreement between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Republic of Poland was signed today at ESA Headquarters in Paris by His Excellency J. Lukaszewski, Polish Ambassador to Paris, and Mr. J-M. Luton, ESA Director General.
28/01/1994 604 views
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Press Release N° 3–1994
Science & Exploration

Hubble Space Telescope can see clearly now

13/01/1994 287 views
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Press Release N° 2–1994
Science & Exploration

ESA astronaut assigned to ATLAS 3 Shuttle mission

ESA astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy has been selected by NASA to fly as mission specialist on board Space Shuttle Atlantis for flight STS-66 this autumn. The mission, named ATLAS 3 (Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science), continues a series of flights to study the Sun's energy and its effects on the Earth's climate and environment.
11/01/1994 469 views
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Press Release N° 1–1994
Agency

Esa ready for 1994

11/01/1994 630 views
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