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Earth Days: Cards on the table

Every day is Earth Day. In April, ESA hosted a workshop as part of the ESA Earth Day 2023. The three-day event at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, promoted sustainability and the use of space in line with the UN sustainable development goals.

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Moon

Meet the Gateway team: model systems engineer Tatjana

Introducing the team that is designing and building the ESA modules for the lunar Gateway. Young Graduate Trainee and engineer Tatjana Mandil.

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Operations

Remote interns for remote Space Medicine land at EAC

Interns from various member states were invited to visit ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) at the end of September 2022 as despite landing an internship with ESA’s Space Medicine Team, they never got the opportunity to see the wonders of EAC due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mars

A rover gets ready for the long ride

Rovers are made to roam, and what better place to roam than the great outdoors?

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International Space Station

ISS Multilateral Coordination Board Joint Statement

The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board met Friday, July 29, to discuss the status of the combined work aboard the microgravity laboratory.

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Spaceship EAC

Mining lunar minerals with terrestrial fungi

Filamentous fungi may not be the first thing most people think of when it comes to mining, but they could be the answer to construction on the Moon. João Figueira, a Master’s student with the University of Porto, Portugal, has been working with ESA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, to uncover how a unique biomining method could mould Europe’s next steps in space.

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Moon

Bake the Moon

A Moon bread recipe challenge is set to heat up ovens across Europe in the countdown to the first Artemis mission to lunar orbit – one that gets its temperature and power under control by the European Service Module.

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Moon

Forward to the Moon: interactive publication

As Artemis sets its sights on the Moon, powered by the European Service Module (ESM), all eyes will again turn to the night sky. This interactive publication encourages us to look up at our natural satellite and think about how the Moon has inspired us, from Ancient Greece to the 21st  century, to develop our understanding […]

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