NASA and Space Florida Begin Partnership Discussions

NASA has selected Space Florida, the aerospace economic development agency for the state of Florida, for negotiations toward a partnership agreement to maintain and operate the historic Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF).

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Earth from Space

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. Check out one of the first images from Proba-V over the border region of northern Syria, southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq in the seventy-first edition. 

See also ... to download the image.

• www-adm.esa.int/
• www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Earth_from_Space_Probing_Mesopotamia

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Aircraft Carrying IRIS Solar Observatory Takes Off

An Orbital Sciences L-1011 carrier aircraft takes off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on a mission to launch NASA's IRIS spacecraft into low-Earth orbit.

Meteorite science meets an artist’s dream of spaceflight

Inspired by the dream of space exploration, artist Katie Paterson imagined sending a piece of her meteorite artwork back to space in a celebration of science, art and human technology. 

Her vision may just become reality, with a little help from ESA's can-do cargo vessel.

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Live from Athens

Future Earth observation scientists: follow the Advanced Training Course in Land Remote Sensing 1–5 July via live webstream

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Week In Images

Our week through the lens:
24-28 June 2013

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Image of the week

Proba-V captured this image over the border region of Syria, Turkey and Iraq

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