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Thomas Pesquet

Pass the solar array, deploy – Thomas and Shane’s spacewalks in depth

Posted on Tuesday June 15th, 2021 by julien

On Wednesday 16 June and Sunday 20 June ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough are going to get into their Extravehicular Mobility Units – or spacesuits – and return outside the International Space Station for the third time together. Their mission on both spacewalks: to install new solar arrays that will increase power to the outpost.

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Thomas Pesquet

Spacewalk season two, episodes one and two for Shane and Thomas

Posted on Tuesday June 15th, 2021 by julien

Two spacewalks are fast approaching for ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough who are preparing to exit the International Space Station and upgrade the Station’s power supply.

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Matthias Maurer

Updated Space Station launch and return dates

Posted on Tuesday June 15th, 2021 by Ally

NASA and SpaceX have adjusted the target launch date for Crew-3 to the International Space Station and the return date for Crew-2.

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Thomas Pesquet

Sports and space – parallels to be at your best

Posted on Monday June 7th, 2021 by julien

The life of a professional athlete shows many similarities to one of an astronaut. Both need to perform at key moments, and train hard to be at their best. Once an astronaut is in space the body needs to adapt and react to a sudden change of over millions of years of evolution – all […]

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Thomas Pesquet

European science on the SpaceX Cargo Dragon-22

Posted on Saturday June 5th, 2021 by julien

A look at the European cargo arriving at the International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-22

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Thomas Pesquet

A European in space – Thomas Pesquet in May

Posted on Saturday June 5th, 2021 by julien

With ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet in space for his first full month, let’s look at what he has been doing on the International Space Station in May.

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Samantha Cristoforetti

Q&A with Samantha Cristoforetti

Posted on Wednesday June 2nd, 2021 by Ally

Watch the replay of a question and answer session between ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration David Parker as Samantha prepares for her second flight to the International Space Station.

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Thomas Pesquet

Back to the space cradle

Posted on Friday May 21st, 2021 by julien

Like an infant adjusting to the new world, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is relearning how to move around the weightless environment of space. His cradle is a familiar place though – this is Thomas’s second mission to the International Space Station, the orbiting lab where he where he broke records for science during his first […]

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