Posted on Friday August 14th, 2020 by Ally
ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer are training for upcoming missions to the International Space Station. Follow their journey in our Astro Chat series.
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Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2020 by Laura
With a background in electrical and biomedical engineering, Justin Dalrymple from Canada found his ideal 6-month internship at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany.
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Posted on Monday June 22nd, 2020 by Ally
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer has started pre-assignment training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. Join him on his journey in the first of a series of vlogs. Matthias travelled to Houston from Europe with fellow ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Thomas has flown to the International Space Station before, while Matthias is training […]
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Posted on Monday February 4th, 2019 by Ally
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst returned to Star City, Moscow, this week where he attended a traditional welcome home ceremony alongside NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev at the Yuri Gagarin Training Center (GCTC).
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Posted on Monday January 7th, 2019 by Ally
From coordinating the development of space food to accompanying astronauts into quarantine and managing family travel budgets, the role of crew support at ESA is never boring. Unit lead Romain Charles describes it as: “facilitating the daily lives of astronauts so they can focus on their missions”. We asked the team to tell us more about this vital and varied role.
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Posted on Tuesday September 25th, 2018 by Ally
German citizen, Matthias Maurer, is now officially ESA’s newest astronaut, after graduating during a formal ceremony at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, on 25 September 2018.
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Posted on Thursday June 1st, 2017 by julien
Here is our roundup of messages for Thomas Pesquet, that we send to him on the International Space Station, starting with two from his friends and family.
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Posted on Monday May 22nd, 2017 by julien
CNES has developed seven experiments that Thomas Pesquet is performing for his Proxima mission aboard the ISS.
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