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European Space Agency’s Rosetta to land on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko later this year

Cannes, France, 23-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Rosetta, the European Space Agency probe that was launched towards the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on March 2, 2004, has been “woken up” after being placed into deep space hibernation on June 8, 2011. In the nearly ten … Read the full press release

Thales Alenia Space delivered its 2nd Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) to Orbital Sciences Corporation for Cygnus spacecraft integration

New commercial cargo vehicle for the International Space Station gears up for operation Turin, 24-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales Alenia Space has delivered its second Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) to Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) for integration in the Cygnus spacecraft … Read the full press release