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(English) Remote interns for remote Space Medicine land at EAC

(English) Interns from various member states were invited to visit ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) at the end of September 2022 as despite landing an internship with ESA’s Space Medicine Team, they never got the opportunity to see the wonders of EAC due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mars

(English) A rover gets ready for the long ride

(English) Rovers are made to roam, and what better place to roam than the great outdoors?

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International Space Station

(English) ISS Multilateral Coordination Board Joint Statement

(English) The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board met Friday, July 29, to discuss the status of the combined work aboard the microgravity laboratory.

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(English) Mining lunar minerals with terrestrial fungi

(English) Filamentous fungi may not be the first thing most people think of when it comes to mining, but they could be the answer to construction on the Moon. João Figueira, a Master’s student with the University of Porto, Portugal, has been working with ESA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, to uncover how a unique biomining method could mould Europe’s next steps in space.

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Moon

(English) Bake the Moon

(English) A Moon bread recipe challenge is set to heat up ovens across Europe in the countdown to the first Artemis mission to lunar orbit – one that gets its temperature and power under control by the European Service Module.

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Moon

(English) Forward to the Moon: interactive publication

Ci spiace, ma questo articolo è disponibile soltanto in Inglese Americano.

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International Space Station

(English) First space moves for the European Robotic Arm

(English) It was time to wake up. Slowly but surely, one of the elbows of the robot stretched out in its new space home. The move had been rehearsed many times on the ground, but this was a first for the 11-metre-long robotic spacewalker.

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Matthias Maurer

(English) Watch Matthias Maurer return to Earth with Crew-3

(English) After almost six months aboard the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is coming home. Watch all the action, from undocking to splashdown, live on ESA Web TV channel 2.

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