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(English) ESA Explores podcast: the space doctor is in

(English) In a new episode of ESA's ESA Explores podcast, host Ally Koehler chats with ESA Senior Flight Surgeon Sergi Vaquer Araujo about how he became a space doctor as well as the medical aspects of ESA's 2021 astronaut selection. 

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(English) Spaceship EAC: recycling water on the Moon

(English) As humans strive to return to the lunar surface and travel even farther into space, new solutions are needed to provide astronauts with ongoing access to oxygen, food and water. The team at Spaceship EAC at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, is researching critical subsystems that could support water recycling, energy storage and In-situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU) in space.

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Podcasts

(English) ESA Explores: 20 years of science in orbit

Ci spiace, ma questo articolo è disponibile soltanto in English.

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Thomas Pesquet

(English) 23 April: watch Mission Alpha launch live

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Thomas Pesquet

(English) A salute to the teams behind human spaceflight

(English) The teams of people behind a human spaceflight mission...

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Astronauts

(English) Future astronauts wanted!

(English) Make #YourWayToSpace with ESA's astronaut selection! Applications being accepted via the ESA careers website until 28 May 2021.

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Astronauts

(English) Be part of something big

(English) For the first time in over a decade, ESA is seeking new astronauts. Applications for the 2021-22 selection open Wednesday 31 March 2021 and must be made via the ESA careers website before applications close on 28 May.

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(English) Spaceship EAC: 3D printing with lunar dust

(English) Aurélie Hand, of France, is a materials engineering student currently completing a 13-month Master’s internship at ESA's European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. As part of Spaceship EAC's advanced manufacturing team, she is using different simulants to test 3D printing technology for sustainable living on the Moon.

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