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International Space Station

The International Space Station with ESA’s Columbus laboratory flies 400 km high at speeds that defy gravity – literally. At 28 800 km/h it only takes 90 minutes for the weightless laboratory to make a complete circuit of Earth. Astronauts working and living on the Station experience 16 sunrises and sunsets each day.

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(English) ACES: time for science

Posted on Wednesday, der 23. April 2025 by Marie Deschamps

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(English) 7 things you didn’t know about ACES

Posted on Thursday, der 17. April 2025 by Marie Deschamps

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(English) The clocks of ACES

Posted on Thursday, der 10. April 2025 by Marie Deschamps

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(English) 2001: a space odyssey for the first European woman on ISS

Posted on Wednesday, der 23. October 2024 by Nadjejda

(English) On this day in 2001, former ESA astronaut Claudie Haigneré became the first European woman to visit the International Space Station.

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(English) Fly! Expanding space opportunities

Posted on Wednesday, der 31. July 2024 by Nadjejda

(English) Space missions come with a unique set of challenges – while these are hurdles that every astronaut must overcome, space agencies had not, up to this day, interrogated their impact on an astronaut with a physical disability. 

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(English) Europe’s robotic arm excels in first two years on Space Station

Posted on Wednesday, der 16. August 2023 by Nadjejda

(English) The European Robotic Arm (ERA) completed its first two years in space with the successful installation of a radiator and an airlock for the International Space Station.

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