International Space Station
Spacewalk on Saturday for Bartolomeo and more
Posted on Thursday March 11th, 2021 by julien
Info on the spacewalk set for Saturday 13 March to finish Bartolomeo installation and more.
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Moon
Internal radiation payload approved for the Gateway
Posted on Wednesday March 10th, 2021 by laylan
A suite of radiation dosimeters is the latest scientific experiment approved for the Gateway, the next spacecraft to be assembled, inhabited and operated in the vicinity of the Moon.
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Thomas Pesquet
Crew-2 launch date 22 April
Posted on Tuesday March 9th, 2021 by julien
NASA and the space agencies running the International Space Station have a new target date for the Crew-2 launch of ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide: 22 April. The working date fits the orbit of the Space Station better at the time and allows for a better arrival […]
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Moon
Faces Behind Gateway – Sara Pastor: I-Hab project manager
Posted on Friday March 5th, 2021 by julien
In late 2020, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) finalised an agreement to collaborate on the Gateway, with ESA committing to contributing habitation and refueling modules and enhanced lunar communications. This agreement expands NASA’s long-time International Space Station partnership with the European agency to NASA’s Artemis program efforts. The Gateway will provide a sustainable, reusable, and reliable […]
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Moon
Faces Behind Gateway – Barbara Nucera: Team Leader
Posted on Friday March 5th, 2021 by julien
In late 2020, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) finalised an agreement to collaborate on the Gateway, with ESA committing to contributing habitation and refueling modules and enhanced lunar communications. This agreement expands the long-time International Space Station partnership with the ESA and NASA to Artemis. The Gateway will provide a sustainable, reusable, and reliable […]
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Samantha Cristoforetti
Are you Cristofoready?
Posted on Wednesday March 3rd, 2021 by Ally
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has been assigned a second space mission and will fly to the International Space Station in spring 2022.
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Thomas Pesquet
Crew-2 conference replay
Posted on Tuesday March 2nd, 2021 by julien
Watch the replay of the first conference for Crew-2.
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Spaceship EAC
Spaceship EAC: artificial intelligence for astronauts
Posted on Tuesday March 2nd, 2021 by Laura
Clara Moriceau from France has spent six months thinking like an astronaut as COVID-19 restrictions moved her internship at ESA’s Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, from in-person to online. With a background in space systems engineering, Clara is part of Spaceship EAC’s disruptive technology team and has been working remotely on two projects in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).
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