And yet it moves: 14 Galileo satellites now in orbit / Launching Galileo / Galileo / Navigation Galileo liftoff And yet it moves: 14 Galileo satellites now in orbit 24 May 2016 Named for the astronomer who pinpointed Earth’s true position in the Solar System, the Galileo satellite navigation system that will help Europe find its way in the 21st century now has 14 satellites in orbit after today’s double launch. Galileos 13 and 14 lifted off together at 08:48 GMT (10:48 CEST, 05:48 local time) atop a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana. This seventh Galileo launch went by the book: the first three Soyuz stages placed the satellites safely into low orbit, after which their Fregat upper stage hauled them the rest of the way into their target medium-altitude orbit. The twin Galileos were deployed into orbit close to 23 522 km altitude, at 3 hours and 48 minutes after liftoff. Galileo satellites atop Soyuz “Today’s textbook launch has added two more satellites to what has become Europe’s largest satellite constellation,” commented Jan Woerner, Director General of ESA. Galileos on dispenser
100 sites pour consommer sans posséder Voici une première tentative (à ma connaissance) de création d’une liste d’initiatives françaises (ou ayant des activités en France) sur la consommation collaborative (voir la définition au bas de cet article). Dans cette liste, le parti pris a été d’indiquer les initiatives relevant des formes nouvelles d’échange entre particuliers (partage, troc, échange, location) ainsi que les nouveaux styles de vie collaboratifs (crowdfunding, coworking, colunching ...) mais aussi des initiatives se situant aux limites du sujet mais qui méritaient d’être mises en avant pour l’innovation sociale qu’elles représentent. N’hésitez pas à apporter vos contributions à cette liste collaborative ! Alimentation Achat groupé direct au producteur * * * * Don / Vente de produits issus de son jardin * * Colunching Livres
Astronaut postures – fashion gestures / Couture in orbit Astronaut postures – fashion gestures 24 May 2016 The Politecnico di Milano is one of five European design schools participating in Couture in Orbit, ESA’s project to look at the future of fashion using space materials and technology. Professor Annalisa Dominoni of their Design department gives an overview of the school’s role in the event. Working with Couture in Orbit was a great challenge for us because we explored fashion in the age of technology to understand better how we can be more conscious of the transformation that technology brings. Space innovations will have a strong influence on how people behave and perform in the future. My students started proposing ideas combining aesthetic values with functional aspects considering new scenarios in our society and its needs. I was awarded a PhD in industrial design looking at extreme environments and establishing the role of design in space. Couture in Orbit fashion shoot
Des pépites du cinéma à télécharger gratuitement et... légalement - Multimédia Constituer une gigantesque bibliothèque numérique mondiale qui répertorie tous les films, images, musiques, qui appartiennent au domaine public, c'est l'objet de l'Internet Archive (IA). Une nouvelle Alexandrie, encore plus grande, plus ambitieuse et, car elle a tiré des leçons de l'histoire, déclinée en double au cas où une catastrophe devait advenir. Cette copie miroir se trouve justement à Alexandrie. Tout un symbole! Dans cette gigantesque collection, on retrouve plus de 87 milliards de versions archivées (snapshots) du World Wide Web, plus de 500.000 vidéos, 1.000.000 d'enregistrements audio, dont 92.000 de concerts, 3.000.000 de livres et 36.000 logiciels. En comparaison, les serveurs de Megaupload stockaient près de 25 pétabytes de données. Pour les cinéphiles, c'est une véritable caverne d'Ali Baba. Valentine François (stg) La sélection de Jean-François Pluijgers: 1) Love Affair (Leo McCarey, 1938) 2) Les trente-neuf marches (Alfred Hitchcock, 1935) 3) M le maudit (Fritz Lang, 1931)
Space Solutions conference: bringing space to Earth / About Us / ESA Space Solutions conference: bringing space to Earth The Netherlands by night 18 May 2016 A major European space conference is taking place in the Netherlands at the end of this month, highlighting the vital role that space technology plays in all our lives, and helping European industry to explore its business potential. The European Space Solutions conference will take place at the World Forum Convention Centre from 30 May to 3 June. Following the theme of Bringing Space to Earth, the conference will include discussions on space for economic growth, sessions on how space can benefit businesses across different sectors and an exhibition showcasing more than 50 innovative space technologies. Space systems form an invisible – but increasingly indispensable – infrastructure in everyday life, enabling environmental monitoring of our air, land and seas, instantaneous worldwide communications and precision navigation and timing. Europe’s Galileo satnav system ESA at the Space Solutions conference
Biographies Il y a actuellement 152 biographies dans cette rubrique Association Vauban - Fortifications du Maréchal de VaubanL’Association Vauban regroupe ceux qui souhaitent promouvoir la connaissance de l’oeuvre de Vauban et celle du patrimoine fortifié constitué dans les temps modernes jusqu’aux ouvrages contemporains.Ajouté le 10 juin 2001 Héraldique européenne - European heraldry Une présentation historique, en constante évolution de l’univers du blason à travers les actuelles et anciennes monarchies d’Europe. Support pédagogique. Possibilité de se faire dessiner son blason. An historical presentation of the world of the coats of arms through present ans old european monarchies. Talleyrand Périgord, Charles-Maurice de Ce site crée, en septembre 1999, par l’association « Les Amis de Talleyrand » est entièrement consacré à la vie et à l’oeuvre de Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838) qui fut le plus illustre diplomate que la France ait jamais connu...Ajouté le 16 janvier 2004
Alexander Gerst to be Space Station commander / Astronauts Alexander Gerst to be Space Station commander 18 May 2016 ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst has been assigned a new mission to the International Space Station, where he will fulfil the role of commander during the second part of his six-month mission in 2018. The news was announced today in the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel by ESA Director General Jan Woerner at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. Alexander worked on the Station for six months on his Blue Dot mission in 2014. “I am humbled by receiving the honour to command the International Space Station. ESA astronaut Tim Peake using Mares in space Eleven European countries participate in the Station through ESA together with USA, Russia, Japan and Canada. Alexander’s mission will continue the programme of research that often spans multiple missions. This is the second time a European astronaut will be commander of the Station in the 15 years it has been occupied – the first was Frank De Winne in 2009.
Week In Images / Highlights / ESA Models of Proba-3 designs The design evolution of ESA’s Proba-3 double satellite is shown by this trio of 3D-printed models, each pair – from left to right – produced after successive development milestones. “These paired models, 3D printed in plastic, were not made for show,” explains Agnes Mestreau-Garreau, ESA’s project manager. “Instead, they’re used almost daily. “The first model set was printed after our System Requirements Review, followed by our Preliminary Design Review and now Mission Consolidation Milestone – with consequent changes in mission mass, volume and design details The latest member of ESA’s experimental Proba minisatellite family, Proba-3’s paired satellites will manoeuvre relative to each other with millimetre and fraction-of-a-degree precision, intended to serve as the virtual equivalent of a giant structure in space and so open up a whole new way of running space missions. Credits: ESA–G.
SpaceX Update Launch of Resupply Mission to the Space Station The fourth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract is scheduled to launch Saturday, Sept. 20, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The one-day adjustment in the launch date was made to accommodate preparations of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and was coordinated with the station’s partners and managers. The company's Falcon 9 rocket, carrying its Dragon cargo spacecraft loaded with more than 5,000 pounds of scientific experiments and supplies, will lift off at 2:16 a.m. EDT. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 1:15 a.m. The mission, designated SpaceX CRS-4, is the fourth of 12 SpaceX flights NASA contracted with the company to resupply the space station. NASA will host a series of prelaunch news conferences Thursday, Sept. 18 and Friday, Sept. 19 at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which will be carried live on NASA TV and the agency's website. -end-
Critical NASA Science Returns to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft The series of images shows the journey the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from its launch at 4:10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, to solar array deployment. Credits: NASA TV Research that will help prepare NASA astronauts and robotic explorers for future missions to Mars is among the two tons of cargo now on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. “Five years ago this week, President Obama toured the same SpaceX launch pad used today to send supplies, research and technology development to the ISS,” said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. The mission is the company's sixth cargo delivery flight to the station through NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. Science payloads will support experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science -- research that improves life on Earth and drives progress for future space exploration. -end-
2015 NIAC Phase II Solicitation WASHINGTON -- NASA is looking for far-out ideas. NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking Phase II proposals for continuation of promising studies selected during the first phase of the visionary program. The NIAC program funds cutting-edge concepts with the potential to transform future aerospace missions, enable new capabilities, or significantly alter current approaches to launching, building, and operating aerospace systems. "Creating the technologies needed to keep our explorers -- robotic and human -- alive and well is a terrific challenge, and these transformative concepts have the potential to mature into the solutions that enable our future missions," said Steve Jurczyk, NASA's associate administrator for space technology in Washington. NIAC's Phase II opportunity continues development of the most promising Phase I concepts. NASA will be accepting NIAC Phase II proposals of no more than 20 pages in length until April 28th.