Mars
A rover gets ready for the long ride
Posted on Tuesday October 4th, 2022 by Nadjejda
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
Posted on Wednesday August 10th, 2022 by Marco Trovatello — 1 min read
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
Posted on Wednesday June 15th, 2022 by Ally
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
Posted on Tuesday May 17th, 2022 by Nadjejda
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
Posted on Friday May 13th, 2022 by julien
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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International Space Station
First space moves for the European Robotic Arm
Posted on Thursday May 5th, 2022 by Nadjejda
It was time to wake up. Slowly but surely, one of the elbows of the robot stretched out in its new space home. The move had been rehearsed many times on the ground, but this was a first for the 11-metre-long robotic spacewalker.
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Matthias Maurer
Watch Matthias Maurer return to Earth with Crew-3
Posted on Thursday May 5th, 2022 by Ally
After almost six months aboard the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is coming home. Watch all the action, from undocking to splashdown, live on ESA Web TV channel 2.
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Samantha Cristoforetti
Minerva mission begins as Samantha arrives at Space Station
Posted on Wednesday April 27th, 2022 by Nadjejda
Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom, carrying ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and her NASA colleagues Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines and Jessica Watkins, docked to the International Space Station at 01:37 CEST Thursday 28 April.
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