Paris, 28 Oct 2003 ESA astronaut Pedro Duque from Spain landed in the command module of the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan at 08:40 local time, 03:40 Central European...
Paris, 28 Oct 2003 SOHO Photograph of solar flare The third most powerful solar X-ray flare on record, a remarkable X17.2 category explosion, erupted from sunspot 10486 on Tuesday, 28 October 2003....
Space station crew back on Earth The outgoing crew of the International Space Station has arrived safely back on Earth after six months in orbit. The Expedition 7 team, made up of US astronaut Ed Lu...
British professor dies in Italian escalator accident A British academic died yesterday when an escalator she was using in a Rome railway station collapsed, trapping her in its moving cogwheels. Sally...
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 Seven of Europe's top research organisations have signed a statement of intent, along with the Commission, outlining their commitment to developing the European Research Area (...
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) is the latest organisation to propose changes to the draft European Constitution, calling for the scientific communities of...
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 The protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) is essential not only for researchers to work willingly together on innovative research, but also in order to bring the...
Brussels, 28 October 2003 The Commission has just released " She Figures 2003" , a unique compilation of key data, which presents the latest figures on the participation of women in scientific...
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 Full text of Document 291/03 Suite of documents 291/03 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST...
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 Full text of Document 290/03 Suite of documents 290/03 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a concerted research action designated as COST E36 "...
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 Full text of Document 211/6/03 Revision 06 Suite of documents 211/6/03 Subject: COST Agenda 2003 - 2004 - CSO, JAF, SIG and TC meetings [...] Council Register
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 On 20 and 21 October, as the EU seeks to promote increased Russian participation in the 6th Framework Programme for RTD (FP6), representatives from Europe's leading aeronautics...
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 Given that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 99.8 per cent all EU enterprises and two-thirds of all jobs, it is no surprise that regional policy makers and...
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 Private companies will have the chance to get an insider's view of the future direction of the European space sector at the Industry Space Days 2003 event from 24 to 26 November...
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 The second international conference for users of SPOT-VEGETATION Earth observation data will take place from 24 to 26 March 2004 in Antwerp, Belgium. The SPOT-VEGETATION...