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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Posted on Tuesday, der 9. January 2024 by Nadjejda
(English) All astronauts go through a quarantine period before flying to space. For decades, space travellers had to isolate to ensure that they are not sick or incubating an illness before their trip to space.
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Posted on Wednesday, der 17. May 2023 by Laura
(English) A team of students and researchers are using virtual reality (VR) to bring ESA’s Argonaut lunar lander concept to life at the European Astronaut Centre. Argonaut is a lunar lander that will deliver scientific instruments and cargo to the Moon at the end of this decade. Interns and scientists involved in the simulations are part of ESA’s Extended Reality (XR) laboratory, German Aerospace Centre DLR and the Spaceship EAC initiative.
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Posted on Tuesday, der 9. May 2023 by Laura
(English) Are you passionate about human space exploration? Do you want to be a part of something truly out of this world? Look no further – this is your chance to support a space medicine project focused on radiation protection and contribute to the challenge of exploring new frontiers.
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Posted on Wednesday, der 2. March 2022 by Ally
(English) In May 2021 it was announced that ESA astronaut and Dragon Crew-4 mission specialist Samantha Cristoforetti would serve as Commander of International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 68a.
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Posted on Friday, der 18. February 2022 by Ally
Am Samstag, den 19. Februar, ist es 100 Tage her, dass ESA-Astronaut Matthias Maurer im Rahmen seiner ersten Mission, Cosmic Kiss, zur Internationalen Raumstation ISS gestartet ist. Er flog an Bord eines SpaceX Dragon-Raumschiffs zusammen mit der NASA-Astronautin Kayla Barron und den NASA-Astronauten Raja Chari und Tom Marshburn als Mitglied der Crew-3. Aber schon bevor er ins All startete, wurde er zum Testobjekt für die Wissenschaft.
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Posted on Wednesday, der 12. January 2022 by Matthias Maurer
Eines der Ziele meiner Cosmic Kiss-Mission ist es, die faszinierende Wissenschaft rund um den Weltraum und die Raumfahrt sowie das Leben und die Arbeit eines oder einer AstronautIn mit euch zu teilen. Ich freue mich sehr über all die positiven Kommentare und Fragen, die mich täglich erreichen, und will daher mein Bestes tun, sie auf diesem Blog zu beantworten. Bleibt neugierig!
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Posted on Wednesday, der 15. September 2021 by Ally
(English) A piece of the Moon, escorted by astronaut to ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, will soon serve as a public symbol of Europe’s next off-Earth adventure.
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