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(English) Spaceship EAC: artificial intelligence for astronauts

Posted on mardi 2 mars 2021 by Laura

(English) Clara Moriceau from France has spent six months thinking like an astronaut as COVID-19 restrictions moved her internship at ESA’s Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, from in-person to online. With a background in space systems engineering, Clara is part of Spaceship EAC’s disruptive technology team and has been working remotely on two projects in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Astronauts

(English) Replay: ESA outlines its search for astronauts

Posted on mardi 16 février 2021 by Ally

(English) The European Space Agency (ESA) held a series of press briefings from 13:00 CET (12:00 GMT) on Tuesday 16 February, providing information on the upcoming 2021-22 astronaut selection campaign. 

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Astronauts

(English) Watch live: ESA outlines its search for astronauts

Posted on mardi 16 février 2021 by Ally

(English) For the first time in over a decade, the European Space Agency (ESA) is seeking new astronauts. Tune in to ESA Web TV on Tuesday 16 February from 13:00 CET (12:00 GMT) for briefings in six languages and all you need to know.

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Luca Parmitano

(English) Beyond: one year since Luca’s landing

Posted on samedi 6 février 2021 by Ally

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English.

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(English) New podcast episode: entering the Space Station era

Posted on mercredi 3 février 2021 by Ally

(English) 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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(English) Space antenna safely installed

Posted on lundi 1 février 2021 by Ally

(English) Europe strengthened its connection to space on Wednesday 27 January, as NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover installed the Columbus KA-band antenna (ColKa) outside ESA’s Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station.

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Thomas Pesquet

Second commercial mission launch to International Space Station no earlier than 20 April

Posted on samedi 30 janvier 2021 by julien

A launch date of no earlier than Tuesday, 20 April 20 has been set for the launch of the second crew mission that will bring four astronauts to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively. Japanese JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut […]

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(English) Spaceship EAC: Dissolving moon dust’s secrets

Posted on jeudi 28 janvier 2021 by Laura

(English) What if, on the Moon, we could simply extract all the oxygen we need directly from the ground? This is the question asked by Austrian master's student of chemistry and materials science Sebastian Rohde during his nine-month internship in the Spaceship EAC team at ESA's Astronaut Centre in Cologne. And it yielded some interesting results.

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