BERLIN, May 27 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency and Astrium GmbH have signed a $414 million contract to produce the EarthCARE satellite, the ESA's sixth Earth Explorer mission.

PARIS, April 16 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says it has signed a $483 million contract with Thales Alenia Space for the ESA's first Sentinel-3 Earth observation satellite.

MONTREUX, Switzerland, April 23 (UPI) -- More than 900 scientists traveled to Montreux, Switzerland, this week to discuss the state of the Earth.

PARIS, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency has opened a Web site that gives access to images acquired by the world's largest Earth observation satellite -- Envisat.