Posted on Thursday May 6th, 2021 by Ally
In a new episode of ESA's ESA Explores podcast, host Ally Koehler chats with ESA Senior Flight Surgeon Sergi Vaquer Araujo about how he became a space doctor as well as the medical aspects of ESA's 2021 astronaut selection.
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Posted on Tuesday May 4th, 2021 by Laura
As humans strive to return to the lunar surface and travel even farther into space, new solutions are needed to provide astronauts with ongoing access to oxygen, food and water. The team at Spaceship EAC at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, is researching critical subsystems that could support water recycling, energy storage and In-situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU) in space.
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Posted on Thursday April 22nd, 2021 by Annelies Van Dam
In a new podcast series of ESA Explores, experts discuss 20 years of science on the International Space Station and look to a bright future, as ESA celebrates 20 years since the first ESA astronaut boarded the orbital outpost. On 19 April, 2001, ESA astronaut Umberto Guidoni was launched to the International Space Station. Since […]
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Posted on Wednesday April 14th, 2021 by julien
Updated with new times and new target date for launch as weather conditions are unfavourable for the original 22 April launch date. French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is returning to the International Space Station on his second spaceflight. Called ‘Alpha’ the mission will see a European astronaut launch on a US spacecraft for the first […]
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Posted on Monday April 12th, 2021 by julien
The teams of people behind a human spaceflight mission...
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Posted on Wednesday March 31st, 2021 by Ally
Make #YourWayToSpace with ESA's astronaut selection! Applications being accepted via the ESA careers website until 28 May 2021.
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Posted on Monday March 29th, 2021 by Ally
For the first time in over a decade, ESA is seeking new astronauts. Applications for the 2021-22 selection open Wednesday 31 March 2021 and must be made via the ESA careers website before applications close on 28 May.
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Posted on Monday March 29th, 2021 by Laura
Aurélie Hand, of France, is a materials engineering student currently completing a 13-month Master’s internship at ESA's European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. As part of Spaceship EAC's advanced manufacturing team, she is using different simulants to test 3D printing technology for sustainable living on the Moon.
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