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		'Earth & Space Week (12-20 February 2005) was a European Commission and European Space Agency (ESA) initiative aimed at showing how Earth Observation (EO) and Space improve quality of life on our planet. The Week included cultural, recreational and educational activities, a major public exhibition, and high-level policy-related events.This website is now closed and not updated any more(30 March 2005)'

Celebrating our planet while reaching for the stars Nine days of ideas, exhibitions and events

Our next challenge: a human on Mars (21/02/2005)
“The European Space Agency will be the first space agency to reach all planets in the inner solar system.” That was the assurance of Piero Messina, speaking for ESA’s Aurora Exploration Programme at the last Earth & Space Expo lunchtime seminar in Brussels.
Co-operation in space gets major boost (18/02/2005)
Over 40 nations and more than 20 international organisations came together at the ‘Winning through co-operation’ conference in Brussels, on 17 February 2005. High representatives from the European Space Agency (ESA), NASA, the Russian Space Agency and the European Union, and many others, discussed past, present and future international space endeavours.
EO Business Summit highlights GMES at Earth & Space Week (18/02/2005)
On 16 February 2005, private sector and public officials at the Earth Observation (EO) Industry Summit cited GMES, the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative, as a prime example of successful co-operation. GMES will provide better environmental analysis and will strengthen the Union's ability to carry out foreign and security responsibilities.
Living legends join Earth & Space Week at CSIS conference (18/02/2005)
The Human Space Exploration Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a major conference on 16 February 2005 in Brussels. Speakers included Buzz Aldrin, the man who accompanied Neil Armstrong on the Moon. Other American and European astronauts joined a stellar cast of world space personalities.
WMO to host GEO Secretariat in Geneva (18/02/2005)
On 15 February 2005, Co-Chairs of the ad hoc Group on Earth Observations (GEO) toasted a new Standing Arrangement between the GEO and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Under the arrangement, the WMO will provide office facilities for GEO Secretariat staff.
When our living planet shakes, coughs and splutters (18/02/2005)
World leaders meeting during Earth & Space Week have pledged support for an ambitious but necessary plan to mitigate the effects of natural and man-made disasters, as well as monitoring the overall health of our planet. At the Earth & Space Expo lunchtime seminar on 17 February 2005, delegates heard that geological hazards are high on the list of threats facing populations worldwide.
Third EO Summit – global co-operation in Earth Observation steps up a gear (17/02/2005)
Comprehensive, global co-operation in Earth Observation (EO) moved from discussion to implementation with the launch of a Ten-Year Implementation Plan. Delegations from almost 60 countries around the world as well as more than 40 organisations came together in Brussels on 16 February to lend their support to the plan.

The establishment of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) over the next decade will underpin coordinated use of earth observation data for sustainable development across the globe.
Europe in the solar system (17/02/2005)
“Today, Europe has satellites in all corners of the solar system” is how Marcello Coradini opened his Earth & Space week lunchtime seminar on Wednesday 16 Februar2005. “The US and Soviet space programmes put them ahead in the field, but since Europe launched the Giotto satellite in 1986 we have been catching up.”
Galileo helps Europe find its place in satellite navigation (16/02/2005)
The European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) held a special lunchtime seminar on the Galileo satellite navigation system on 15 February 2005. Journalists at the Earth & Space Expo found out how the ambitious system works, and about its political, commercial and social benefits.
GEO Co-Chairs say ‘imagine if’ at Earth & Space Expo (16/02/2005)
On 15 February 2005, Co-Chairs of the ad hoc Group on Earth Observations (GEO) sat down to lunch with reporters. Their message: imagine if we lived in a world with a comprehensive 'Global Earth Observation System of Systems'.

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