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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science" target="_blank">ESA Space Science</a><br /><span class="rss-item">ESA Space Science</span></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/09/Volcanic_trenches_on_Mars" target="_blank">Volcanic trenches on Mars</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0200</span><br />');
document.write('Image: This image of the young volcanic region of Elysium Planitia on Mars [10.3°N, 159.5°E] was taken on 14 April 2021 by the CaSSIS camera on the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO).The two blue parallel trenches in this image, called Cerberus Fossae, were thought to have formed by tectonic processes. They run for almost one thousand km over the volcanic region. In this image, CaSSIS is looking straight down into one of these 2 km-wide fissures.The floor here is a few hundred metres deep and is filled with coarse-grained sand, likely basaltic in composition, which appears blue in the CaSSIS false-colour composite image. The flat volcanic plains nearby are punctured by small impact craters, which expose possibly the same basaltic materials that we see within Cerberus Fossae.TGO arrived at Mars in 2016 and began its full science mission in 2018. The spacecraft is not only returning spectacular images, but also providing the best ever inventory of the planet’s atmospheric gases, and mapping the planet’s surface for water-rich locations. It will also provide data relay services for the second ExoMars mission comprising the Rosalind Franklin rover and Kazachok platform, when it arrives on Mars in 2023.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Cassini_s_wake_how_might_a_spacecraft_disturb_its_own_measurements" target="_blank">Cassini’s wake: how might a spacecraft disturb its own measurements?</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:30:00 +0200</span><br />');
document.write('Simply by moving through the heavens, spacecraft change the space about them. Such interactions are invisible to the naked eye, but can endanger mission performance and safety. A new ESA Resarch Fellow study simulated the Cassini spacecraft in the vicinity of Saturn, checking the findings against actual space measurements. It reveals Cassini cast an ‘ion wake’ up to 6 m behind it, a void of plasma particles like a trail of a boat.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/09/Webb_flies_Ariane_animation" target="_blank">Webb flies Ariane animation</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0200</span><br />');
document.write('Image: Artist\'s animation of the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), folded in the Ariane 5 rocket during launch from Europe\'s Spaceport in French Guiana.Webb is the next great space science observatory, designed to answer outstanding questions about the Universe and to make breakthrough discoveries in all fields of astronomy. Webb will see farther into our origins – from the formation of stars and planets, to the birth of the first galaxies in the early Universe.Working with partners, ESA was responsible for the development and qualification of Ariane 5 adaptations for the Webb mission and for the procurement of the launch service.Webb is an international partnership between NASA, ESA and CSA.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Targeted_launch_date_for_Webb_18_December_2021" target="_blank">Targeted launch date for Webb: 18 December 2021</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0200</span><br />');
document.write('ESA, NASA and Arianespace have jointly defined 18 December 2021 as the target launch date for Ariane 5 flight VA256. This third Ariane 5 launch of 2021 will fly the James Webb Space Telescope to space from Europe\'s Spaceport in French Guiana.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/09/Ariane_5_elements_for_Webb_launch_reach_Europe_s_Spaceport" target="_blank">Ariane 5 elements for Webb launch reach Europe\'s Spaceport</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:10:00 +0200</span><br />');
document.write('Image: Elements of the Ariane 5 rocket to launch the James Webb Space Telescope arrived safely in French Guiana from Europe on 3 September 2021');
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