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(English) Isolation for space – Marcus in quarantine

(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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(English) Virtual reality brings ESA’s Argonaut Moon lander to life

(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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(English) ESA is calling for Citizen Scientists

(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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Samantha Cristoforetti

(English) Revised flight plan brings change for Samantha

(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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Matthias Maurer

100 Tage Cosmic Kiss-Wissenschaft

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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Matthias Maurer

#AskMatthias – Orbit Edition

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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(English) Home of ESA astronauts to host piece of the Moon

(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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Samantha Cristoforetti

(English) Targeted launch dates for Matthias and Samantha

(English) NASA and SpaceX are continuing plans to launch Crew-3 astronauts to the International Space Station as early as Sunday 31 October, and targeting the return home of Crew-2 astronauts in the early-to-mid November timeframe.

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