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Thomas Pesquet

Second commercial mission launch to International Space Station no earlier than 20 April

Posted on Saturday January 30th, 2021 by julien

A launch date of no earlier than Tuesday, 20 April 20 has been set for the launch of the second crew mission that will bring four astronauts to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively. Japanese JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut […]

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Spaceship EAC

Spaceship EAC: Dissolving moon dust’s secrets

Posted on Thursday January 28th, 2021 by Laura

What if, on the Moon, we could simply extract all the oxygen we need directly from the ground? This is the question asked by Austrian master's student of chemistry and materials science Sebastian Rohde during his nine-month internship in the Spaceship EAC team at ESA's Astronaut Centre in Cologne. And it yielded some interesting results.

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Spacewalking

A complex choreography

Posted on Tuesday January 26th, 2021 by Ally

After more than a year of preparation and plan refinement, crew and ground teams are ready for a new era of connectivity between Europe and the International Space Station.

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Matthias Maurer

Matthias Maurer assigned to first spaceflight

Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2020 by Ally

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer has been assigned for his first flight to the International Space Station during a meeting of representatives from the USA, Russian, Japanese, Canadian and European space agencies at the beginning of December.

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Spaceship EAC

Spaceship EAC: designing lunar living

Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2020 by Laura

Integrated product design may not be an obvious fit with lunar exploration, but through a six-month internship within the Spaceship EAC team at ESA’s Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, Emilia Rosselli Del Turco of Italy has shown how smart design can be a space saver.

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International Space Station

Space Station marks 20 years of habitation

Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2020 by Ally

Monday 2 November marks 20 years since the first crew took up residence on the International Space Station. Since then the football field-sized feat of engineering has hosted 26 European missions and supported over 2700 international experiments to improve life on Earth and in space.

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Podcasts

How to build a Spacelab: new podcast episode

Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2020 by Ally

The latest episode in ESA's ESA Explores Time and Space podcast series is out now and this time the focus is Spacelab – a reusable European-build science laboratory designed to fit inside NASA's Space Shuttle. 

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Thomas Pesquet

Browse Thomas’ pictures of Earth and more… you might find your favourite spot on our planet!

Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2020 by julien

Browse all Thomas Pesquet’s pictures on a map of the world and more.

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