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Ariane 5’s second launch of 2012
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/liftoff_v206-0006_S.jpg" align="right" /> Early this morning, an Ariane 5 launcher
lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, JCSAT-13
and Vinasat-2, into their planned transfer orbits.
‘The Rocket Man’ greets the ‘Rocket Men’
Continuing the celebration of André Kuipers’ music in space, British rock legend Sir Elton John sent a special message
to ESA, André and the crew of the ISS on the 40th anniversary of his classic song ‘Rocket Man’.
Watch the replay: Earth from Space – special edition
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/CryoSat_Interview_S,0.jpg" align="right" /> Tommaso Parrinello, CryoSat Mission Manager,
and Duncan Wingham, Chief Executive of the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council, join the Earth from Space programme
to discuss ESA’s ice mission.
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André Kuipers: world ambassador
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/iss030e032252_small,0.jpg" align="right" /> Observing Earth from far above, ESA astronaut
André Kuipers is acting as a world ambassador for the WWF, which issued its flagship publication the Living Planet Report
today.
Amateur astronomers boost ESA’s asteroid hunt
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/ftpr1,3.jpg" align="right" /> A partnership with the UK’s Faulkes Telescope Project
promises to boost the Agency’s space hazards research while helping students to discover potentially dangerous space rocks.
Farewell to the Sun
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/IMG_7185_edit_small,0.jpg" align="right" /> The crew of the French–Italian Concordia
research base in the Antarctic saw their last rays of Sun for over four months last weekend. Near the South Pole, the outpost
will now continue its research and run self-sufficiently in darkness until September.
Watch 'Hot spots' on the Earth from Space programme
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/EFS_22_S.jpg" align="right" /> Discover more about our planet with the Earth from
Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CEST for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing
satellites.
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