Spacewalking
Spacewalking stats
Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2020 by Ally
In January, Luca Parmitano surpassed Christer Fuglesang's record to claim the top spot for longest cumulative spacewalking time by a European astronaut.
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Luca Parmitano
Replay: Luca’s first post-Beyond news conference
Posted on Saturday February 8th, 2020 by Ally
Watch ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano speak with media at ESA's European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany following his 201-day Beyond mission on the International Space Station. Please note: content is a mix of English and Italian.
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Luca Parmitano
A record-breaking astronaut returns to terra firma
Posted on Thursday February 6th, 2020 by Ally
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is back on Earth after touching down in the Russian Soyuz MS-13 crew module at 09:12 GMT (10:12 CET) Thursday 6 February.
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Luca Parmitano
Fourth #SpacewalkForAMS: latest updates
Posted on Saturday January 25th, 2020 by Ally
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan are performing the fourth in a series of complex spacewalks to maintain the cosmic ray detecting Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02 today – 25 January 2020. It is the third spacewalk of 2020, the sixth for Luca and the ninth spacewalk for Expedition 61 crew – the most ever performed during a single expedition.
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Luca Parmitano
Watch Luca’s final #SpacewalkForAMS
Posted on Thursday January 23rd, 2020 by Ally
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan will exit the International Space Station airlock together for the fourth time Saturday 25 January. It is the ninth spacewalk for Expedition 61 – the most spacewalks ever performed during a single Space Station expedition – and the last in a complex series to maintain the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02.
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Training
Preparing for the unknown
Posted on Monday January 13th, 2020 by Alexander
How do you prepare for the things you don’t know? That’s right – it’s tricky. And it’s one of the fundamental problems of spaceflight. Learn more with Alexander Gerst and his Antarctic ANSMET mission.
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Podcasts
ESA Explores: space celebrations
Posted on Tuesday December 17th, 2019 by Ally
The holiday period is in full force, but what is it like to celebrate special occasions in space? Find out more in episode 7 of ESA Explores podcast.
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Astronauts
Cave life for space
Posted on Friday November 8th, 2019 by Ally
Before I realised it, the cave clamped down on me. A completely different world surrounded me, absorbing all my attention. This was not a simulation, but real exploration in a hostile environment dominated by darkness.
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