Author Archives: Daniel

About Daniel

Daniel Scuka is Senior Editor for Spacecraft Operations at ESOC, ESA's European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany.

Meet ESA, the space agency for Europe

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Daniel

You, together with your 500 million fellow citizens from ESA’s 20 European member nations, are the collective owners of one of the world’s leading space agencies. The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation, a cooperative coming together of its … Continue reading →

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Browse our photos

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Daniel

Photos now in the ESA Flickr channel.

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Post-symposium press conference now in progress

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Daniel

Symposium participants meet the press in Berlin. @danielscuka iss symposium berlin, press conference has started… twitter.com/nicola_sousa/s… — Nicola Sousa (@nicola_sousa) May 4, 2012

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Thomas Reiter in closing address

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Daniel

Thomas Reiter giving closing remarks at the #ISSBerlin symposium. twitter.com/biochck/status… — Tracy Parr Thumm (@biochck) May 4, 2012

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Super cool! Alpha Magenetic Spectrometer video as seen at ISS Symposium Berlin

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Daniel

The **excellent** video shown as part of Dr. Stefan Schael’s presentation on the AMS-02 experiment at the symposium. Credits: widlab More info via the AMS02 Collaboration site. Editor’s note: Was also screened at the New York – Imagine Science Film … Continue reading →

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ISS Symposium 2012: Day 2 highlights

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Daniel

The ISS Symposium 2012 has completed Day 2. The three-day symposium is covering case studies in fundamental and applied research and actual or potential spin-offs for the benefit of everyone. Loading…

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Day 1 video highlights

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel

The ISS Symposium 2012 has kicked off in Berlin! On the first day, representatives from the five partner space agencies discussed the future path and priorities for research on the Space Station. The three-day symposium is covering case studies in … Continue reading →

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ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain on stage

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Daniel

ESA DG Dordain seen making a point with co-participants during round-table discussion in Berlin, 2 May. Credit: J. Mai.

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Presentation of J. Robinson

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Daniel

Editor’s note:These brief extracts are paraphrased from live webcast and may not be fully correct. Download the full presentation: Research Overview of the International Space Station Partnership Dr Julie Robinson is ISS Programme Scientist at NASA. ISS Research Benefits Amazing … Continue reading →

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Presentation of H. Riesenhuber

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Daniel

Editor’s note:These brief extracts are paraphrased from live webcast and may not be fully correct. Heinz Riesenhuber is a Member of Parliament and a former Federal Minister for Research and Technology in Germany. A historical presentation on Europe’s decision to … Continue reading →

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