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Thomas Pesquet

A European in space – Thomas Pesquet in May

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

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

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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Science

Lunch with the Moon

Watch ESA’s real-time coverage of the total lunar eclipse live on Wednesday, 26 May, including fascinating insights into Earth’s enigmatic satellite, the Moon.

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Astronauts

New deadline for astronaut applicants as ESA welcomes new Associate Member

Aspiring astronauts now have until 18 June 2021 to submit an application for ESA’s astronaut selection. The three-week extension comes as ESA welcomes Lithuania as a new Associate Member state.

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Spaceship EAC

Spaceship friendship: forward to the Moon together

At ESA's European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, the Spaceship EAC initiative brings a team of young professionals and researchers together to advance the future of human and robotic space exploration. It is a lofty challenge that is gathering momentum, with new Spaceship sites in Toulouse, France and the UK.

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Podcasts

ESA Explores podcast: the space doctor is in

In a new episode of ESA's ESA Explores podcast, host Ally Koehler chats with ESA Senior Flight Surgeon Sergi Vaquer Araujo about how he became a space doctor as well as the medical aspects of ESA's 2021 astronaut selection. 

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Spaceship EAC

Spaceship EAC: recycling water on the Moon

As humans strive to return to the lunar surface and travel even farther into space, new solutions are needed to provide astronauts with ongoing access to oxygen, food and water. The team at Spaceship EAC at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, is researching critical subsystems that could support water recycling, energy storage and In-situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU) in space.

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