Posted on Friday August 27th, 2021 by Ally
Astronauts are preparing to welcome SpaceX’s 23rd Cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station this weekend, complete with European hardware and experiments on board.
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Posted on Saturday June 5th, 2021 by julien
A look at the European cargo arriving at the International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-22
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Posted on Saturday June 5th, 2021 by julien
With ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet in space for his first full month, let’s look at what he has been doing on the International Space Station in May.
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Posted on Monday March 22nd, 2021 by julien
The month of February saw astronauts and ground control work on maintaining and checking new hardware installed inside and out Europe’s Columbus laboratory. With a spacewalk in January to install the external commercial facility Bartolomeo and ColKa antenna, astronauts, and mission control set up the systems and troubleshoot – alongside all the regular European science. […]
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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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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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Posted on Friday September 4th, 2020 by julien
While much of Europe was on holidays in August, it was business as usual on the International Space Station. European science continued to collect data on a range of topics looking to enhance space exploration and life on Earth. Catching meteors Perseid showers captured by ESA’s meteor camera The Atmosphere–Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM), located outside […]
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Posted on Tuesday July 28th, 2020 by Nadjejda
Half a century ago humans stepped on the Moon for the first time. The lunar rocks the Apollo astronauts bought back to Earth are still being investigated and analysed by researchers all over the world. As lab techniques improve, new revelations help us better understand our natural satellite.
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