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(English) Thumbs up for training

(English) Sławosz Uznański, ESA project astronaut from Poland, gives a “thumbs-up” from the heart of the action inside the Columbus training mockup at ESA's European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.

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(English) Sławosz Uznański from Poland to train as a project astronaut at the European Astronaut Centre

(English) As of 1 September 2023, Sławosz Uznański joined ESA as a project astronaut anticipating flying on a future space mission.

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Moon

(English) LUNA: Moon on Earth

(English) Humankind's ambition to explore our steady orbital companion, the Moon, sustainably is accelerating around the globe. Many agencies are preparing for or already operating new robotic and human missions to the Moon, most prominently NASA’s Artemis programme that will fly astronauts to the Moon again about 50 years after Apollo. All international partners, including the European Space Agency (ESA), must prepare for upcoming lunar missions and a facility planned next to ESA's European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, will recreate Moon conditions on Earth like never before.  

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Samantha Cristoforetti

(English) Q&A with Samantha Cristoforetti

(English) Watch the replay of a question and answer session between ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration David Parker as Samantha prepares for her second flight to the International Space Station.

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Astronauts

(English) Thomas and Matthias talk training in Astro Chat series

(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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Matthias Maurer

Video: Matthias trains at NASA’s JSC

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer has started pre-assignment training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. He brings viewers along on his journey to date in the first in a series of vlogs. Though the date and spacecraft for Matthias’ mission to the International Space Station are yet to be set, he is the […]

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Thomas Pesquet

Thomas commence à s’entraîner pour une deuxième mission spatiale

L'astronaute de l'ESA Thomas Pesquet a préparé ses bagages pour Houston, aux États-Unis, et à la fin de ce mois, il commencera son entraînement pour la prochaine mission de l'ESA à la Station spatiale internationale.

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Astronauts

Cave life for space

Before I realised it, the cave clamped down on me. A completely different world surrounded me, absorbing all my attention. This was not a simulation, but real exploration in a hostile environment dominated by darkness.

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