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Ariane 5 flight VA213 lifts off with ATV-4

06-06-2013 11:13 AM CEST

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 with the ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

Credits: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Video du CSG

Ariane 5 flight VA213 lifts off with ATV-4

06-06-2013 11:13 AM CEST

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 with the ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

Credits: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Video du CSG

Ariane 5 flight VA213 lifts off with ATV-4

06-06-2013 11:13 AM CEST

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 with the ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

Credits: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Video du CSG

Kasei Valles perspective view

06-06-2013 11:08 AM CEST

Looking in the direction of flowing water from the northern flanks of Kasai Valles towards 100 km-wide Sharonov crater in the top centre, and with Sacra Mensa to the lower right.

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

Kasei Valles mosaic

06-06-2013 11:08 AM CEST

This mosaic, which features the spectacular Kasei Valles, comprises 67 images taken with the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA's Mars Express. The mosaic spans 987 km north–south (19–36°N) and 1550 km east–west (280–310°E).

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4

06-06-2013 07:44 AM CEST

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 with the ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

For more images, please click here.

Credits : ESA–S. Corvaja, 2013

Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4

06-06-2013 07:44 AM CEST

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 with the ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

For more images, please click here.

Credits : ESA–S. Corvaja, 2013

Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4

06-06-2013 07:44 AM CEST

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 with the ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

For more images, please click here.

Credits : ESA–S. Corvaja, 2013

Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4

06-06-2013 02:04 AM CEST

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 with the ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

For more images, please click here.

Credits : ESA–M. Pedoussaut, 2013

Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4

06-06-2013 01:10 AM CEST

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 with the ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

For more images, please click here.

Credits : ESA–S. Corvaja, 2013

Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4

06-06-2013 01:10 AM CEST

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 with the ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

For more images, please click here.

Credits : ESA–S. Corvaja, 2013

Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4

06-06-2013 01:10 AM CEST

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 with the ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

For more images, please click here.

Credits : ESA–S. Corvaja, 2013

Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4

06-06-2013 01:10 AM CEST

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 with the ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

For more images, please click here.

Credits : ESA–S. Corvaja, 2013

Liftoff for ATV-4

06-06-2013 12:02 AM CEST

Ariane 5 VA213 carrying ATV Albert Einstein lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 21.42 GMT 5 June 2013.

Credits: ESA/Arianespace

Liftoff for ATV-4

06-06-2013 12:02 AM CEST

Ariane 5 VA213 carrying ATV Albert Einstein lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 21.42 GMT 5 June 2013.

Credits: ESA/Arianespace

Liftoff for ATV-4

06-06-2013 12:02 AM CEST

Ariane 5 VA213 carrying ATV Albert Einstein lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 21.42 GMT 5 June 2013.

Credits: ESA/Arianespace

Earth from Space

Earth from Space

06-06-2013 09:00 AM CEST

Join us Friday, 7 June, at 10:00 CEST for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites

In cinemas 2013

In cinemas 2013

06-06-2013 09:10 AM CEST

Explore After Earth with ESA and win a chance to experience a zero-gravity flight

European Space Agency YouTube Update

ATV-4 Launch Highlights

06-06-2013 07:33 PM CEST

ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, was launched into orbit on 5.6.2013 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe's autonomous supply ship will perform a series of manoeuvres to dock with the International Space Station on 15 June. 

The Ariane 5 rocket, operated by Arianespace, lifted off at 21:52:11 GMT (23:52:11 CEST, 18:52:11 local time) and delivered ATV-4 into the planned circular parking orbit at 260 km altitude about 64 minutes later. ATV then deployed its four power-generating solar wings and antenna boom.

ATV-4 replay liftoff

06-06-2013 07:25 PM CEST

Replay of the liftoff of Ariane 5 VA 213 carrying ATV Albert Einstein from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 21:52 GMT. Watch the full transmission replays on our ESA website: http://spaceinvideos.esa.int/Videos/2013/06/ATV-4_launch_replay_-_Part_1 http://spaceinvideos.esa.int/Videos/2013/06/ATV-4_launch_replay_-_Part_2

NASA's Orion Spacecraft Proves Sound Under Pressure

NASA's Orion Spacecraft Proves Sound Under Pressure

06/06/2013 12:00 AM EDT

After a month of being poked, prodded and pressurized in ways that mimicked the stresses of spaceflight, NASA's Orion crew module successfully passed its static loads tests on Wednesday.

Rocket Launches from Wallops Flight Facility

Rocket Launches from Wallops Flight Facility

06/06/2013 12:00 AM EDT

A NASA Black Brant XII suborbital rocket streaks into the night sky following its launch at 11:05 p.m. EDT on June 5, 2013 from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

The rocket carried the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment (CIBER) to an altitude of approximately 358 miles above the Atlantic Ocean by the four-stage rocket.

The launch, seen here with multiple stages firing off, was reportedly seen from as far away as central New Jersey, southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern North Carolina. With CIBER, scientists are studying when the first stars and galaxies formed in the universe and how brightly they burned their nuclear fuel.

Image Credit: NASA/Jamie Adkins

NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches Update

SPC Tornado Watch 282 Status Reports

06/06/2013 05:24 AM EDT

WW 0282 Status Updates

    STATUS REPORT ON WW 282 

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. 

 ..DIAL..06/06/13 

 ATTN...WFO...MLB...MFL...TBW... 

STATUS REPORT FOR WT 282 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

FLC009-011-015-017-021-027-043-049-051-053-055-057-061

-069-071-  081-085-086-093-095-097-099-101-103-105-111

-115-117-119-  061040-    FL   . 

FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE 

BREVARD              BROWARD             CHARLOTTE 

CITRUS               COLLIER             DESOTO 

GLADES               HARDEE              HENDRY 

HERNANDO             HIGHLANDS           HILLSBOROUGH 

INDIAN RIVER         LAKE                LEE 

MANATEE              MARTIN              MIAMI-DADE 

OKEECHOBEE           ORANGE              OSCEOLA 

PALM BEACH           PASCO               PINELLAS 

POLK                 ST. LUCIE           SARASOTA 

SEMINOLE             SUMTER 

AMZ552-555-572-610-630-650-651-GMZ656-830-853-856-

061040-    CW     . 

ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE 

VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20 NM   

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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 281 Status Reports

06/06/2013 04:34 AM EDT

WW 0281 Status Updates

    STATUS REPORT ON WW 281 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 

10 W BGS TO  25 NNE BGS TO 35 W ABI TO 5 ESE ABI TO 35 

NNE BWD. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0975 

..DIAL..06/06/13 

ATTN...WFO...MAF...OUN...SJT...LUB...FWD... 

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 281 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

TXC049-059-081-083-095-227-235-307-335-353-399-411-431-

441-451-  060940-    TX   . 

TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE 

BROWN                CALLAHAN            COKE 

COLEMAN              CONCHO              HOWARD 

IRION                MCCULLOCH           MITCHELL 

NOLAN                RUNNELS             SAN SABA 

STERLING             TAYLOR              TOM GREEN 

THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. 

PLEASE  REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR 

OFFICIAL  INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND 

MARINE ZONES  CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO 

WATCHES.    

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The floodwaters of Mars

The floodwaters of Mars

06-06-2013 11:00 AM CEST

Dramatic flood events carved this impressive channel system on Mars covering 1.55 million square kilometres, shown here in a stunning new mosaic from ESA's Mars Express.

Atlantic Tropical Storm ANDREA Advisory Number 3

Atlantic Tropical Storm ANDREA Advisory Number 3

06/06/2013 04:49 AM EDT

000 Wtnt31 knhc 060849
Tcpat1 Bulletin
Tropical storm ANDREA advisory number 3
Nws national hurricane center miami fl al012013

400 am cdt thu jun 06 2013

...Andrea a little stronger heading toward the florida big bend...

Summary of 400 am cdt...0900 utc...Information
----------------------------------------------
    Location - 27.0n 85.9w
    About 220 mi - 355 km wsw of tampa florida
    About 195 mi - 315 km ssw of apalachicola florida
    Maximum sustained winds - 60 mph...95 km/h
    Present movement - nne or 20 degrees at 13 mph...20 km/h
    Minimum central pressure - 997 mb...29.44 inches

Launch replay

Launch replay

06-06-2013 02:20 AM CEST

Full replay of the the launch of Ariane 5 carrying ATV Albert Einstein

91L (Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico)

91L (Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico)

06/05/2013 12:00 AM EDT

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over low pressure System 91L in the Gulf of Mexico and captured infrared imagery that revealed a lot of uplift and strong thunderstorms in the eastern part of the storm despite a poorly organized circulation.

What's Up for June 2013?

What's Up for June 2013?

06/03/2013 12:00 PM EDT

This month, view a planetary trio at sunset, and catch a view of Asteroid 1998QE2 plus the five brightest asteroids.

ATV-4 on its way

ATV-4 on its way

06-06-2013 01:30 AM CEST

N° 21-2013: Europe's heaviest cargo ship launched to Space Station

Europe’s heaviest cargo ship launched to Space Station

Europe's heaviest cargo ship launched to Space Station

05-06-2013 11:45 PM CEST

ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, was launched into orbit last evening from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe's autonomous supply ship will perform a series of manoeuvres to dock with the International Space Station on 15 June.

Replay liftoff

Replay liftoff

06-06-2013 12:10 AM CEST

Replay of the liftoff of Ariane 5 VA 213 carrying ATV Albert Einstein from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 21:52 GMT

Liftoff for ATV-4

Liftoff for ATV-4

05-06-2013 11:55 PM CEST

Ariane 5 VA213 carrying ATV Albert Einstein lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 21:52 GMT