Posted on 26 March 2024 by Laura
(English) ESA astronaut candidate Rosemary Coogan from the UK mastering fire and frost during winter survival training in the snowy mountains of the Spanish Pyrenees as part of her basic astronaut training.
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Posted on 25 January 2024 by Nadjejda
(English) The design of buildings and spaces can greatly affect how people feel and perform. Windows, wall colours and even plants in a room can improve your productivity and mood. In extreme environments, the layout of a habitat becomes even more important.
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Posted on 12 January 2024 by Laura
(English) In the first episode of the ESA Explores podcast series on our 2022 astronaut class, ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt provides a glimpse into his spaceflight training ahead of his upcoming Muninn mission.
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Posted on 9 January 2024 by Nadjejda
(English) All astronauts go through a quarantine period before flying to space. For decades, space travellers had to isolate to ensure that they are not sick or incubating an illness before their trip to space.
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Posted on 10 October 2023 by Nadjejda
(English) Patches are an integral part of every astronaut mission. Space agencies print out a cloth reproduction that astronauts wear during their flight, a tradition that started sixty years ago.
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Posted on 18 September 2023 by Laura
(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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Posted on 18 September 2023 by Laura
(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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Posted on 24 August 2023 by Nadjejda
(English) Becoming an astronaut was never a master plan for Marcus Wandt. There were many things that intrigued him as a kid, and while the idea was unlikely, it remained a captivating dream that took root and slowly grew stronger.
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