Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992eocm.rept...51b&link_type=abstract
In its Environment Observation and Climate Modelling Through International Space Projects. Space Sciences with Particular Emphas
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
European Space Programs, Space Exploration, Spaceborne Astronomy, Budgets, European Space Agency, Finance, Research Management, Space Programs
Scientific paper
A review on ESA's science program is presented. Five missions still in orbit are outlined: IUE, Giotto, Hipparcos, Hubble Space Telescope, and Ulysses. Objectives of the Horizon 2000 program are described. Solar system exploration in Horizon 2000 concerns: the SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) and Cluster missions, Cassini/Huygens to Saturn and Titan, and the Rosetta Comet Nucleus Sample Return (CNSR). Astronomy in Horizon 2000 concerns ISO (Infrared Space Observatory), the X-ray Multimirror Mission (XMM) and FIRST (Far Infrared and Submillimeter Space Telescope). Medium sized missions of Horizon 2000 include INTEGRAL (International Gamma Ray Astrophysical Laboratory), MARSNET (a network of lander modules in Mars), and STEP (Satellite Test of the (weak) Equivalent Principle). Small missions include extension of Giotto and instruments to fly on Eureca, the Columbus Space Station, and the Polar Platform.
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