Mars Express reveals wind-blown deposits on Mars
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/540-20120117-9487-co-SyrtisMajor_S.jpg" align="right" /> New images from ESA’s Mars
Express show the Syrtis Major region on Mars. Once thought to be a sea of water, the region is now known to be a volcanic
province dating back billions of years.
Watch ‘Shanghai waters’ on the Earth from Space programme
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/vlcsnap-2012-02-02-10h46m54s169_S.png" align="right" /> Discover more about our planet
with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images
from Earth-observing satellites.
<p><a href="http://multimedia.esa.int/latestesalive" style="color:#ff0000; float:right" target="_blank">Watch the replay</a></p>
Vega set for its inaugural flight
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/PadVega1_small,0.jpg" align="right" /> PR 2 2012 - On 13 February, the European Space
Agency will perform the first qualification flight of its brand new Vega launch vehicle.
Eight more Galileo navsats agreed
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/OHB_Galileo_small,0.jpg" align="right" /> ESA today signed a contract to build a further
eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to modify Europe’s Ariane 5 launcher to carry four navigation satellites
at a time.
Call for Media: briefing on new results from ESA Planck mission
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/SPINNING_S.jpg" align="right" /> Media representatives are invited to a briefing on
new observations of the Milky Way and other galaxies by ESA's Planck mission.
Toulouse Space Show: call for papers
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/Toulouse_Space_small,0.jpg" align="right" /> ESA is a partner in the Toulouse Space
Show being held 25–28 June. Experts from all over the world will gather for conferences on space applications, space and
law, knowledge management for space missions, and antenna technology and applied electromagnetics.
<p>Papers are invited for presentation at the conferences; the closing date for submission of abstracts is 15 February.
Watch the replay: Earth from Space – special edition
<img src="http://www.esa.int/images/vlcsnap-2012-01-31-11h08m21s80_S.png" align="right" /> Discover more about our planet
with the Earth from Space video programme. In this special edition, Professor Volker Liebig, Director of ESA’s Earth Observation
Programmes, joins the show to discuss Earth observation for the coming year.
<p><a href="http://multimedia.esa.int/latestesalive" style="color:#ff0000; float:right" target="_blank">Watch the replay</a></p>
