Posted on Tuesday November 9th, 2021 by julien
On Thomas Pesquet’s 100th day in space for his Alpha mission we did an overview of all his activities on the International Space Station, 100 days later, let’s look at what he has been up to up there on the second half of his mission. Many of the experiments are repetitions from the first 100 […]
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Posted on Tuesday September 28th, 2021 by julien
As October nears, it is high time to look back at the European research conducted on the International Space Station in August. While most were on holiday or enjoying the summer, science never stops in space… Illuminating radiation Thomas Pesquet with Lumina On 18 August ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet set up the Lumina experiment, which […]
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Posted on Saturday June 5th, 2021 by julien
A look at the European cargo arriving at the International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-22
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Posted on Saturday June 5th, 2021 by julien
With ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet in space for his first full month, let’s look at what he has been doing on the International Space Station in May.
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Posted on Friday September 4th, 2020 by julien
While much of Europe was on holidays in August, it was business as usual on the International Space Station. European science continued to collect data on a range of topics looking to enhance space exploration and life on Earth. Catching meteors Perseid showers captured by ESA’s meteor camera The Atmosphere–Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM), located outside […]
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Posted on Monday January 13th, 2020 by Alexander
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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Posted on Tuesday October 15th, 2019 by julien
For eight days the International Space Station operated at full capacity with nine astronauts. With the extra set of hands in space the science teams on Earth got busy scheduling the astronauts’ days to get the most research time out of their time in orbit.
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