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Matthias Maurer

(English) European science en route to space

(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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Thomas Pesquet

(English) European science on the SpaceX Cargo Dragon-22

(English) A look at the European cargo arriving at the International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-22

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Thomas Pesquet

(English) A European in space – Thomas Pesquet in May

(English) 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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Moon

(English) Internal radiation payload approved for the Gateway

(English) 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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International Space Station

(English) Business as (not so) usual on the Space Station

(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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Science

(English) Foams, meteors, muscle tone, and firing up the levitator – August Space Station science

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en Anglais Américain.

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Science

(English) A game changer for the Solar System

(English) 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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