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Foams, meteors, muscle tone, and firing up the levitator – August Space Station science

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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A game changer for the Solar System

Posted on Tuesday July 28th, 2020 by Nadjejda

Half a century ago humans stepped on the Moon for the first time. The lunar rocks the Apollo astronauts bought back to Earth are still being investigated and analysed by researchers all over the world. As lab techniques improve, new revelations help us better understand our natural satellite.

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The martian link

Posted on Tuesday July 28th, 2020 by Nadjejda

She feels at ease in the lab, surrounded by microscopes to unveil the inner secrets of rocks. As she swings back and forth between a meteorite sample, the eyepiece and the screen, she is looking for the organic compounds that will tell her more about life in the Universe.

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Mars revisited

Posted on Monday July 27th, 2020 by Nadjejda

If aliens looked for life on a future Earth with its oceans and fertile lands lost to time, where would they start?

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A Sherlock Holmes for Mars

Posted on Monday July 27th, 2020 by Nadjejda

The crime scene is an impact crater and the mystery is an elusive one for scientists – detecting life’s fingerprints on Mars.

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Luca Parmitano

Bones, bacteria and nutrition – European science in space

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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Alexander Gerst

Closing the loop on Space Station science

Posted on Thursday August 22nd, 2019 by Ally

Scientist in ESA’s Human Spaceflight programme Elizabeth Heider shares her experiences of a recent science debrief with ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst following the 2018 Horizons mission. The version below has been edited for length. See the full article on LinkedIn.

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