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ESA’s telemedicine device passes extreme Antarctica test

A device developed with the support of ESA that allows for remote diagnosis of patients and is used on astronaut landings has proven its worth in another remote and harsh place: Antarctica.

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Luca Parmitano

A chance in the shadow

Adrianos Golemis is an ESA flight surgeon based at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. He spent nine months in isolation at Concordia research station and three weeks in quarantine with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. He is currently working at a hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece. In this first post of a two-part blog series he gives his tips for life in isolation.

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Training

Preparing for the unknown

How do you prepare for the things you don’t know? That’s right – it’s tricky. And it’s one of the fundamental problems of spaceflight. Learn more with Alexander Gerst and his Antarctic ANSMET mission.

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