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Luca Parmitano

Beyond: one year since Luca’s landing

Posted on Saturday February 6th, 2021 by Ally

Saturday 6 February marks exactly one year since ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano returned from his second mission to the International Space Station. In that time, the world has changed significantly due to the spread of COVID-19.   The Italian astronaut who would have usually shared his knowledge and experiences with European citizens in person, has […]

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Podcasts

New podcast episode: entering the Space Station era

Posted on Wednesday February 3rd, 2021 by Ally

The latest episode of ESA’s ESA Explores Time and Space podcast series is out now, taking listeners beyond SpaceLab to the start of the International Space Station era.

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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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International Space Station

Business as (not so) usual on the Space Station

Posted on Friday October 16th, 2020 by Annelies Van Dam

As any scientist will confirm, a huge part of doing science is being attentive. Making sure experiments run smoothly. Observing outcomes. Fine-tuning settings to the tiniest degree. With many different experiments running simultaneously on the Space Station, 400 kilometres above the earth, at a speed of roughly 28 000 km/h, attention to detail becomes an invaluable virtue.

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Astronauts

Thomas and Matthias talk training in Astro Chat series

Posted on Friday August 14th, 2020 by Ally

ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer are training for upcoming missions to the International Space Station. Follow their journey in our Astro Chat series.

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Matthias Maurer

Video: Matthias Maurer trains at NASA

Posted on Monday June 22nd, 2020 by Ally

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer has started pre-assignment training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. Join him on his journey in the first of a series of vlogs. Matthias travelled to Houston from Europe with fellow ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Thomas has flown to the International Space Station before, while Matthias is training […]

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Thomas Pesquet

Thomas Pesquet returns to Earth

Posted on Friday June 2nd, 2017 by julien

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan today with Russian commander Oleg Novitsky in their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft after six months in space. Touchdown was at 14:10 GMT after a four-hour flight from the International Space Station.

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