Our Earth is itself a fragile ‘spaceship’, but we tend to forget this in our everyday lives. Sometimes distance is required from a subject to appreciate it fully. ESA astronaut André Kuipers is taking photographs of Earth from 400 km out in space, to remind us just how beautiful and vulnerable our planet is.
On Saturday, March 31st 2012, during ‘Earth Hour’, people all over the world turned off non-essential lights to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change. Earth Hour...Read Full Story
Wed, 09 nov 2011, 15: 17 | for NOORDWIJK -The problems at the launch of the Russian probe Phobos-Grunt have no impact on the upcoming mission of the Dutch astronaut André Kuipers. That has his employer, the European Space Agency (ESA), Wednesday to let us know the ANP. Kuipers at the end of december with [...]Technology News BlogRead Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is about Bjorn Kuipers. Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article!Read Full Story
Referee Bjorn Kuipers has no issues with the decisions he made during the second-leg of the Champions League quarter-final between AC Milan and Barcelona. Kuipers' decision to award a second penalty against AC Milan following Alessandro Nesta's tussle with ...
(AGI) Nyon - The Netherlands' Bjorn Kuipers will direct the Barcellona-MilanTuesday in Camp Nou. For the second round in the Champions League quarter-finals, Sander Van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra will be assisting him with Bas Nijhuis as the fourth man ...
Two Lionel Messi penalties put Barca on the way to a 3-1 win in the Camp Nou Tuesday night and Guardiola feels that referee Bjorn Kuipers called both correctly. The first penalty was for a clear foul on Messi, while the second was more controversial for ...
Milan players were left hard done by when Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers booked Alessandro Nesta in the 40th minute for tugging down Sergio Busquets inside the area, as the pair tussled during a corner kick. It was the kind of shirt pulling that often goes ...
Late in the first half, referee Bjorn Kuipers awarded a second spot-kick to the home side - which was questionable - for a shirt tug by Alessandro Nesta on Sergio Busquets with Messi stepping up to the spot again, this time sending Abbiati the wrong way to ...
The Milan players were fuming over Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers decision to penalise Alessandro Nesta for pulling Sergio Busquets's shirt at a corner for the second penalty. “Barca don't need these things. They are the best team in the world,” Swede ...
Nesta pulled Busquets's shirt at a corner and Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers pointed to the spot. The decision provoked fury in the Milan ranks and if the decision seemed harsh given the routine wrestling that occurs at set pieces, it followed the letter of the law.
Xavi had a fierce effort beaten away by Abbiati minutes later as Barca responded and they had a chance to retake the lead five minutes before the break as Busquets was hauled down by Nesta and ref Bjorn Kuipers pointed to the spot for the second time.
But Barcelona got back in front four minutes before the break when Alessandro Nesta tugged the shirt of Sergio Busquets at a Barcelona corner kick and referee Bjorn Kuipers pointed to the spot while showing Nesta a yellow card. This time Messi put his spot ...
His two goals on the night meant he has now equalled José Atalfini’s record from the 1962-63 season for Milan with 14 goals in one European Cup campaign, but referee Bjorn Kuipers decision to award him the second spot-kick left Milan’s players furious.