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(English) Making a Moon robot show on Earth
Posted on 3 January 2025 by Marie Deschamps
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If space is an ocean, then the Moon is our nearest island. An island that last saw human visitors in December 1972, when the final Apollo mission returned home.
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(English) Road to the stars: Training for the Moon at LUNA
Posted on 21 October 2024 by Laura
(English) In the first episode of the new ESA Explores series, "Road to the stars," we chat with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer about the LUNA facility, Europe's Moon on Earth.
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(English) Gaming to the Moon
Posted on 11 October 2024 by Michaela Krupova
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(English) As the dust settles – first sandbag tapping at LUNA
Posted on 19 July 2024 by Laura
(English) Exciting developments are unfolding in Cologne, Germany, where ESA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are establishing a worldwide unique lunar analogue facility – LUNA. This week, the first lunar sandbag tapping —opening the bags to distribute the sand— marked an important step in preparing the hall for future Moon mission testing.
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(English) LEGO bricks from space dust
Posted on 28 June 2024 by Laura
(English) The team of ESA’s Spaceship EAC initiative revived their LEGO-building skills and 3D-printed the famous bricks from lunar regolith and meteor dust, providing a glimpse into how future construction on the Moon might look.
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(English) Mixing realities for lunar exploration
Posted on 14 June 2024 by Laura
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(English) Good vibrations for Gateway
Posted on 30 November 2023 by Marie Deschamps
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(English) Building connections beyond Earth – modules for Gateway
Posted on 3 August 2023 by julien
(English) ESA’s international habitat I-Hab will be connected to NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost HALO. The second ESA Gateway module, the Esprit European Refuelling Module ERM, will be connected to HALO… But how do we ensure that an international lunar outpost such as Gateway connects as it should?
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