Cool profile of the people and activities at ESOC, ESA's Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany. ESOC controls eight major missions, with more in preparation. It also controls ESA's worldwide ESTRACK ground station network.
Eine kurze Multimedia-Show von den Menschen, den Technologien und den spannenden Missionen, die vom European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt betreut werden. Das ESOC ist das Kontrollzentrum der Europäischen Weltraumorganisation ESA - "Europas Tor zum Weltraum".
To land on the Moon and on Mars, scientists need a mix of human and robotic missions to know in advance what challenges must be met. A video report from the Berlin International Airshow's Space Pavilion on the future of human exploration in space
The second Galileo satellite, GIOVE-B, is equipped with the most accurate clock ever to be flown in space.
The Soyuz-Fregat launch vehicle carrying GIOVE-B, lifted off from launch complex at the Baikonour spaceport, Kazakhstan, on April 27, 2008
Technology spin-offs from European space programmes were presented at the SpaceTransfer08 stand in the 'Innovations Market for Research and Development' section at the industrial trade fair Hannover Messe 2008, 21-25 April 2008.
With delivery of Europe's space laboratory Columbus to the ISS set for December 2007, flight controllers at 'Col CC', ESA's Columbus Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, will become responsible not only for scientific experiments but also for a complete laboratory of the International Space Station, with operations running 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
Mars shows a variety of geological phenomena, like volcanism, polar caps, a transparent atmosphere and glaciers. These are shared only with Earth and make the Red Planet the most likely place to have developed forms of life.
![ESOC: \"Wo Missionen zum Leben erwachen\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/yRarFfypt2Q/2.jpg "ESOC: \\"Wo Missionen zum Leben erwachen\\"")
