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Glove is in the air

Ever wondered how astronauts conduct delicate experiments in the harsh environment of space? Gloveboxes—sealed chambers equipped with built-in gloves—allow them to perform groundbreaking research without compromising safety or precision.

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Astronaut portrait - Sławosz Uznański. Credits: ESA - A. Conigli
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski

Ignis mission name and patch

The Ignis mission, Poland’s first technological and scientific mission to the International Space Station, will include ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski. The name derives from the Latin word for ‘fire’ and symbolises the spark igniting a new era in Poland’s space endeavours.   The central motif of the patch features an eagle, referencing Poland’s national emblem. […]

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Astronaut portrait - Sławosz Uznański. Credits: ESA - A. Conigli
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski

Grasping for space debris solutions

In preparation for his upcoming mission with Axiom Space, ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański is getting to grips with a first taste of space exploration during the most recent ESA parabolic flight campaign.

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Podcasts

ESA astronaut class of 2022: Astro Chat with Marco Sieber and Claude Nicollier

In Episode 11 of this ESA Explores podcast series, we chatted with Switzerland’s first and latest ESA astronauts, Claude Nicollier and Marco Sieber.

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International Space Station

2001: a space odyssey for the first European woman on ISS

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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Podcasts

Road to the stars: Training for the Moon at LUNA

In the first episode of the new ESA Explores series, "Road to the stars," we chat with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer about the LUNA facility, Europe's Moon on Earth.

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Moon

Gaming to the Moon

Meet IMPACT, the game that combines science with resource management and city-building elements. Your main goal is to create a lunar base, one building at a time, while contributing to real science research that will help us go back to the Moon.  During this decade and the next, humankind will return to the Moon for […]

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International Space Station

Controlling a robot team from space

NASA astronauts Tracy Dyson and Jeanette Epps operated from space a team of robots on Earth in the third session of the Surface Avatar experiment, a collaboration between ESA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The robot team, consisting of ESA’s Interact rover, and DLR’s Rollin’ Justin and robot dog Bert, worked in a simulated […]

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