In 1989, the European Space Agency's Hipparcos satellite took astrometry into orbit, where it could be less affected by mechanical forces of the Earth and optical distortions from its atmosphere.

NASA's planned Space Interferometry Mission ( SIM PlanetQuest ) ( now cancelled ) was to utilize astrometric techniques to detect terrestrial planets orbiting 200 or so of the nearest solar-type stars, and the European Space Agency's GAIA ( due to launch in 2012 ), which will be applying astrometric techniques in its stellar census.

Recent observations by the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL satellite may explain the origin of a giant cloud of antimatter surrounding the galactic center.

* In May 2005, the European Space Agency proposed research in space to achieve femto-kelvin temperatures.

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* Sinnott, Roger W. and Perryman, Michael A. C. ( 1997 ) Millennium Star Atlas, Epoch 2000. 0, Sky Publishing Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U. S. A., and European Space Agency ( ESA ), ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

* Columbus ( ISS module ), the European module for the International Space Station

A third space mission, the ESA ( European Space Agency ) Planck Surveyor, launched in May, 2009 and is currently performing an even more detailed investigation.

* Darwin ( ESA ), a European Space Agency project

The European Space Operations Centre ( ESOC ) is responsible for controlling ESA satellites and space probes.

The facilities at the centre, initially labelled ESDAC ( European Space Data Acquisition Centre ), were essentially a large mainframe computer or computers, which was made available both to its in-house staff and to visiting scientists and fellows who wished to use them to analyse and study the recovered data.

ESDAC was later renamed ESOC, the European Space Operations Centre.

Image: European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany-main gate. jpg | European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany, old main gate.

Image: European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt-space telescope. jpg | European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, 1 / 2 scale mockup of XMM-Newton satellite.

Image: European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt-entrance. jpg | European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, entrance.

The U. S. Agency for International Development ( USAID ) and Support for Eastern European Democracies ( SEED ) has played a large role in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, including programs in economic development and reform, democratic reform ( media, elections ), infrastructure development, and training programs for Bosnian professionals, among others.

The Secretary General of the Council is head of the General Secretariat, Uwe Corsepius since June 2011 ; previously the post holder was also the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, President of the European Defence Agency and the Western European Union.

The residue from the distillation of high-temperature coal tar, primarily a complex mixture of three or more membered condensed ring aromatic hydrocarbons, was listed on 28 October 2008 as a substance of very high concern by the European Chemicals Agency.

Its capabilities and political implications were investigated by a committee of the European Parliament during 2000 and 2001 with a report published in 2001, and by author James Bamford in his books on the National Security Agency of the United States.

An article in the US newspaper Baltimore Sun reported in 1995 that European aerospace company Airbus lost a $ 6 billion contract with Saudi Arabia in 1994 after the US National Security Agency reported that Airbus officials had been bribing Saudi officials to secure the contract.

About 10 years back the International Development Agency, the European Union and Japan.

However, all other bodies and agencies, except for the European Agency for Reconstruction, have their own emblem, albeit often inspired by the flag's design and colours.

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ECMWF has dramatically improved the accuracy and reliability of weather forecasting, working in collaboration with Member and Co-operating States, the European Union and partners such as the World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ), the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites ( EUMETSAT ) and the European Space Agency ( ESA ).

* History of French Guiana – History from the European Space Agency.

* 2012 – The European Space Agency ( ESA ) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe ’ s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

* European Medicines Agency

Germany is a member of the Council of Europe, European Union, European Space Agency, G4, G8, International Monetary Fund, NATO, OECD, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, UNO, World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization.

In July 2012, the European Medicines Agency recommended approval of a gene therapy treatment for the first time in either Europe or the United States.

Galileo is a global navigation satellite system ( GNSS ) currently being built by the European Union ( EU ) and European Space Agency ( ESA ).

Wormwood, a genus that includes the sagebrush, is used as a source of flavoring for absinthe, a bitter classical liquor of European origin.

A number of species have come to be considered invasive, including, most notably in North America, dandelion, which was originally introduced by European settlers who used the young leaves as a salad green.

abate ), as commonly used in the Catholic Church on the European continent, is the equivalent of the English " Father " ( parallel etymology ), being loosely applied to all who have received the tonsure.

Where in the beginning locally found agates were used to make all types of objects for the European market, this became a globalized business around the turn of the 20th century: Idar-Oberstein imported large quantities of agate from Brazil, as ship's ballast.

* The widespread Western Arabic numerals used with the Latin script, in the table below labelled European, descended from the West Arabic numerals developed in al-Andalus and the Maghreb.

Back and breast plates continued to be used throughout the entire period of the 18th century and through Napoleonic times, in many European ( heavy ) cavalry units, until the early 20th century.

The concept of playing solo steel-string guitar in a concert setting was introduced in the early 1960s by such performers as Davey Graham and John Fahey, who used country blues fingerpicking techniques to compose original compositions with structures somewhat like European classical music.

By 1911, his description of the disease was being used by European physicians to diagnose patients in the US.

* Asca, Ashe, Esche, Askir, Askr, Oesc, Aesc, the basis for a class of European names derived from the name of the ash tree used with a mystical or magical significance, as in Ascaric

Rope bridges, a simple type of suspension bridge, were used by the Inca civilization in the Andes mountains of South America, just prior to European colonization in the 16th century.

Most often however the European numbering system for the international E-road network is used.

In most other European vernaculars and in Latin ( as Bohemi ), the word " Bohemian " or a derivate was used.

The idea of being " born again in Christ " inspired some common European forenames: French René / Renée ( also used in the Netherlands ), Dutch Renaat / Renate, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Renato / Renata, Latin Renatus / Renata, which all mean " reborn ", " born again ".

Banda was the world's only source of nutmeg and mace, spices used as flavourings, medicines, preserving agents, that were at the time highly valued in European markets ; sold by Arab traders to the Venetians for exorbitant prices.

In European cooking, a mixture of butter and flour called a roux is used to thicken liquids to make stews or sauces.

A subdivision in eleven stages, all originating from European stratigraphy, is now used worldwide.

The main government supporter Alexandr Vondra, Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs, used to be an ambassador to the USA.

It is widespread practice in the media in the UK ( and elsewhere ) to use the word Europe to mean continental Europe ; that is, " Europe " excludes Britain, Iceland and Ireland ( though the term is sometimes used to refer to the European Union ).

The earthworm species ( or composting worms ) most often used are red wigglers ( Eisenia fetida or Eisenia andrei ), though European nightcrawlers ( Eisenia hortensis or Dendrobaena Veneta ) could also be used.

The alternative terminology rotor or rotational and alternative notations rot F and ∇ × F are often used ( the former especially in many European countries, the latter, using the del operator and the cross product, is more used in other countries ) for curl and curl F.

The languages of Aboriginal peoples in Canada started to influence European languages used in Canada even before widespread settlement took place, and the French of Lower Canada provided vocabulary to the English of Upper Canada.

In European cities, the term " Citadel " and " City Castle " are often used interchangeably.

The Japanese used many different weave methods including: a square 4-in-1 pattern ( so gusari ), a hexagonal 6-in-1 pattern ( hana gusari ) and a European 4-in-1 ( nanban gusari ).