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Moon

If space is an ocean, then the Moon is our nearest island. An island that last saw human visitors in December 1972, when the final Apollo mission returned home.

(English) LEGO bricks from space dust

(English) The team of ESA’s Spaceship EAC initiative revived their LEGO-building skills and 3D-printed the famous bricks from lunar regolith and meteor dust, providing a glimpse into how future construction on the Moon might look.

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Moon

(English) Mixing realities for lunar exploration

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Moon

(English) Good vibrations for Gateway

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(English) Building connections beyond Earth – modules for Gateway

(English) ESA’s international habitat I-Hab will be connected to NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost HALO. The second ESA Gateway module, the Esprit European Refuelling Module ERM, will be connected to HALO… But how do we ensure that an international lunar outpost such as Gateway connects as it should?

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(English) EAC experiments take off in hypogravity

(English) Have you ever wondered how researchers test space equipment or conduct experiments in low gravity conditions before going to space? One way to achieve this is through parabolic flights, which offer short periods of reduced gravity. These flights started as a way to train astronauts, but now are mainly used for scientific experiments and testing new technologies.

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(English) Esprit reviews for Gateway – it’s protocol

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(English) Meet the Gateway team: model systems engineer Tatjana

(English) 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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(English) Bake the Moon

(English) 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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