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(English) Lunch with the Moon

Posted on 21 May 2021 by Nadjejda

(English) Watch ESA’s real-time coverage of the total lunar eclipse live on Wednesday, 26 May, including fascinating insights into Earth’s enigmatic satellite, the Moon.

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(English) Spaceship friendship: forward to the Moon together

Posted on 20 May 2021 by Laura

(English) At ESA's European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, the Spaceship EAC initiative brings a team of young professionals and researchers together to advance the future of human and robotic space exploration. It is a lofty challenge that is gathering momentum, with new Spaceship sites in Toulouse, France and the UK.

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(English) Spaceship EAC: recycling water on the Moon

Posted on 4 May 2021 by Laura

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

Posted on 29 March 2021 by Laura

(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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(English) Virtual reality session with ESA astronauts for Gateway design

Posted on 12 March 2021 by julien

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

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(English) Internal radiation payload approved for the Gateway

Posted on 10 March 2021 by laylan

(English) A suite of radiation dosimeters is the latest scientific experiment approved for the Gateway, the next spacecraft to be assembled, inhabited and operated in the vicinity of the Moon.

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