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ESA Explores Time and Space bonus episode: 40 years of European space exploration

This special bonus episode of our Time and Space series on the ESA Explores podcast marks a special occasion—the 40th anniversary of Spacelab's first flight, the first European-built space laboratory, and ESA’s first human spaceflight mission.

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Marcus Wandt

The story behind the Muninn mission patch

Patches are an integral part of every astronaut mission. Space agencies print out a cloth reproduction that astronauts wear during their flight, a tradition that started sixty years ago.

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Marcus Wandt

Applying to be an astronaut

Marcus Wandt is the first in the new generation of European astronauts to jump on a commercial spaceflight with Axiom Space. This article is part of a series about the journey behind his first mission to space, Muninn.

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Basic astronaut training

Sink or spacewalk

After three months of intensive training, ESA astronaut candidates Sophie Adenot, Rosemary Coogan, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Raphaël Liégeois, and Marco Sieber have immersed themselves into the world of spaceflight and exploration, gaining valuable insights into their future roles.

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