The Hubble European file is already in Spain

Earth from Space Click here From now on, the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) in Villanueva de la Cañada (Madrid) will host the scientific facts of Hubble . Thus, the European Archive Space Telescope will be integrated with databases of other missions of the ESA (European Space Agency), which will be available to researchers worldwide. Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope orbit around the Earth and has made ​​some of the greatest astronomical discoveries of our time.

European scientists experienced the plant increase in space

During the European Columbus laboratory has begin the first research, which aim to examine whether plants might produce in outer space. The research, called WAICO ("Waving and coiling of Arabidopsis Roots at Different g-levels' or ripple and roll roots of Arabidopsis at different levels-g), study the effects of weightlessness on the growth of plant roots. Toward this purpose has selected a variety of wild and genetically modified plant Arabidopsis.