The International Space Station with ESA’s Columbus laboratory flies 400 km high at speeds that defy gravity – literally. At 28 800 km/h it only takes 90 minutes for the weightless laboratory to make a complete circuit of Earth. Astronauts working and living on the Station experience 16 sunrises and sunsets each day.
Posted on Wednesday 16 August 2023 by Nadjejda
(English) The European Robotic Arm (ERA) completed its first two years in space with the successful installation of a radiator and an airlock for the International Space Station.
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Posted on Wednesday 19 July 2023 by Nadjejda
(English) Every week spent in a different place, in a different time zone. A myriad of training lessons, countless instructors, and never-before-seen technology. A life between airports, the new faces, the non-stop learning… and no time for lunch.
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Posted on Wednesday 10 August 2022 by Marco Trovatello — 1 min read
(English) The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board met Friday, July 29, to discuss the status of the combined work aboard the microgravity laboratory.
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Posted on Thursday 5 May 2022 by Nadjejda
(English) It was time to wake up. Slowly but surely, one of the elbows of the robot stretched out in its new space home. The move had been rehearsed many times on the ground, but this was a first for the 11-metre-long robotic spacewalker.
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Posted on Tuesday 26 April 2022 by Nadjejda
(English) Follow the live coverage as the SpaceX Crew Dragon docks to the International Space Station, marking the beginning of ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti’s Minerva mission.
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Posted on Monday 20 December 2021 by Ally
(English) The next SpaceX resupply vehicle is packed with European science, ready for delivery to the International Space Station just in time for Christmas.
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Posted on Tuesday 28 September 2021 by julien
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en Anglais Américain.
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Posted on Friday 27 August 2021 by Ally
(English) 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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