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 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
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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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Posted on Monday 19 July 2021 by Nadjejda
(English) ESA astronaut André Kuipers first encountered the European Robotic Arm (ERA) on paper, when it was intended for a proposed spaceplane called Hermes. Many iterations later, this European-built robot will soon be launched to the International Space Station – its new home in orbit.
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Posted on Thursday 8 July 2021 by Nadjejda
(English) The robotic arm gently transfers the astronaut to the far end of the International Space Station to install a radiator on the Russian side. A mix of commands and data flows between the robot and the human in outer space, and between the crew inside the station and the teams on Earth.
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Posted on Tuesday 6 July 2021 by julien
(English) As Europe celebrates 20 years of ESA astronauts on the International Space Station guest blogger Szabolcs Nagy looks at the history and methods of photographing the outpost.
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Posted on Monday 22 March 2021 by julien
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