Thomas Pesquet
(English) Second commercial mission launch to International Space Station no earlier than 20 April
Posted on 30 January 2021 by julien
Ci spiace, ma questo articolo è disponibile soltanto in English e Français.
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Archive
(English) Spaceship EAC: Dissolving moon dust’s secrets
Posted on 28 January 2021 by Laura
(English) What if, on the Moon, we could simply extract all the oxygen we need directly from the ground? This is the question asked by Austrian master's student of chemistry and materials science Sebastian Rohde during his nine-month internship in the Spaceship EAC team at ESA's Astronaut Centre in Cologne. And it yielded some interesting results.
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Spacewalking
(English) A complex choreography
Posted on 26 January 2021 by Ally
(English) After more than a year of preparation and plan refinement, crew and ground teams are ready for a new era of connectivity between Europe and the International Space Station.
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Matthias Maurer
(English) Matthias Maurer assigned to first spaceflight
Posted on 15 December 2020 by Ally
(English) ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer has been assigned for his first flight to the International Space Station during a meeting of representatives from the USA, Russian, Japanese, Canadian and European space agencies at the beginning of December.
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(English) Spaceship EAC: designing lunar living
Posted on 26 November 2020 by Laura
Integrated product design may not be an obvious fit with lunar exploration, but through a six-month internship within the Spaceship EAC team at ESA’s Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, Emilia Rosselli Del Turco of Italy has shown how smart design can be a space saver.
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International Space Station
(English) Space Station marks 20 years of habitation
Posted on 27 October 2020 by Ally
(English) Monday 2 November marks 20 years since the first crew took up residence on the International Space Station. Since then the football field-sized feat of engineering has hosted 26 European missions and supported over 2700 international experiments to improve life on Earth and in space.
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Podcasts
(English) How to build a Spacelab: new podcast episode
Posted on 23 October 2020 by Ally
(English) The latest episode in ESA's ESA Explores Time and Space podcast series is out now and this time the focus is Spacelab – a reusable European-build science laboratory designed to fit inside NASA's Space Shuttle.
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Thomas Pesquet
(English) Browse Thomas’ pictures of Earth and more… you might find your favourite spot on our planet!
Posted on 20 October 2020 by julien
(English) Browse all Thomas Pesquet’s pictures on a map of the world and more.
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