Posted on Friday 23 October 2020 by Ally
(English) The latest episode in ESA's ESA Explores Time and Space podcast series is out now and this time the focus is Spacelab – a reusable European-build science laboratory designed to fit inside NASA's Space Shuttle.
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Posted on Tuesday 20 October 2020 by julien
(English) Browse all Thomas Pesquet’s pictures on a map of the world and more.
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Posted on Friday 16 October 2020 by Annelies Van Dam
(English) 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 Monday 21 September 2020 by Ally
(English) The first episode in a new ESA Explores podcast series is available now via all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.
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Posted on Friday 4 September 2020 by julien
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en Anglais Américain.
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Posted on Thursday 20 August 2020 by Nadjejda
Caverns on the Moon and Mars can offer enough space, protection against cosmic radiation and stable temperatures for astronaut bases, a recent study suggests. New research compared hundreds of underground formations on Earth, the Moon and Mars. While on our planet the diameter of lava tunnels typically ranges from 10 to 30 metres, some of […]
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Posted on Friday 14 August 2020 by Ally
(English) 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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Posted on Wednesday 29 July 2020 by Nadjejda
(English) There is something in the frozen lands of Antarctica that lures her. Vinciane Debaille cherishes forgotten rocks that have landed in the midst of the white desert. More than 250 martian meteorites have fallen under the scrutiny of this geochemist who dates rocks using natural radioactivity to understand how planets formed and evolved.
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