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  • Astronaut coffee break: let’s talk landing

    Astronaut coffee break: let’s talk landing

    Take a break with ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst, Samantha Cristoforetti, Luca Parmitano and Thomas Pesquet as they discuss living and working in space. In this video, our astronauts talk about their experiences of landing in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft upon returning from the International Space Station.

    During a shared coffee break, Luca compares his first landing to his most recent landing – the second of which he found much softer than the first. Thomas finds humour in his experience of landing horizontally, while Alex describes a particularly high gravitational load on his return to Earth.

    This clip is part of a series of four filmed in February 2020, following Luca’s return from the ISS mission on 6 February. It was filmed in the crew quarters of the German Aerospace Center DLR’s :envihab facility next to ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.

    For more about Luca’s Beyond mission and other ESA astronaut-related content, visit the Exploration blog: https://blogs.esa.int/exploration/

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  • “It can be done.” – an Earth Day message

    “It can be done.” – an Earth Day message

    In summer 2018, ESA joined with the musician Vangelis and the family of scientist Prof. Stephen Hawking to beam a message marking his passing to the nearest black hole. On 22 April 2020, Earth Day, we’re transmitting this poignant message to all of planet Earth – as a message of hope, to say that, by working together, we can overcome this crisis and others facing humankind.

    The message reads:

    “I am very aware of the preciousness of time. Seize the moment. Act now.

    “I have spent my life travelling across the Universe inside my mind. Through theoretical physics I have sought to answer some of the great questions but there are other challenges, other big questions which must be answered, and these will also need a new generation who are interested, engaged and with an understanding of science.

    “How will we feed an ever-growing population, provide clean water, generate renewable energy, prevent and cure disease and slow down global climate change?

    “I hope that science and technology will provide the answers to these questions, but it will take people, human beings with knowledge and understanding to implement the solution.

    “One of the great revelations of the space age has been a perspective that has given humanity on ourselves. When we see the Earth from space we see ourselves as a whole; we see the unity and not the divisions. It is such a simple image, with a compelling message: one planet, one human race.

    “We are here together, and we need to live together with tolerance and respect. We must become global citizens.

    “I have been enormously privileged through my work to be able to contribute to our understanding of the Universe. But it would be an empty Universe indeed, if it were not for the people I love and who love me.

    “We are all time travellers journeying together into the future. But let us work together to make that future a place we want to visit. Be brave, be determined, overcome the odds. It can be done.

    “It can be done.”

    Text and narration: Prof. Stephen Hawking (© The Estate of Stephen Hawking)

    Music: The Stephen Hawking Tribute by Vangelis (composed, arranged, produced and performed by Vangelis) 2018

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    ISS – ESA/NASA
    Sentinel images – contain modified Copernicus Sentinel data/ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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    COVID-19 testing – ©Governor Tom Wolf/Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY 2.0
    Sentinel 2 animation – ©ESA/ATG Medialab
    Earthrise – NASA
    Rosetta Earth 2009 – ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS team/M. McCaughrean
    BepiColombo launch – ©ESA/CNES/Arianespace
    Black hole – ©EHT Collaboration, CC BY 4.0
    LHA 120-N150 – ©ESA/Hubble, NASA, Digitized Sky Survey 2, CC BY 4.0, D. De Martin
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  • Luca meets space cyber assistant Cimon

    Luca meets space cyber assistant Cimon

    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano tested new functionality for the astronaut aid Cimon relating to mood detection and enjoyed a few favourite songs on the first weekend of February 2020, his last weekend in space for the Beyond mission on the International Space Station.

    Short for Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN, Cimon is a 3D-printed plastic sphere designed to test human-machine interaction in space. It was developed and built by Airbus in Friedrichshafen and Bremen, Germany, on behalf of German aerospace centre DLR and uses artificial intelligence software by IBM Watson. Ludwig Maximilians University Clinic in Munich (LMU) is in charge of the project’s scientific aspects. Cimon was first used by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst during his 2018 Horizons.

    Cimon weighs around 5 kg on Earth and has a display screen at its centre. Its main aim is to support and increase astronaut efficiency by displaying and explaining information needed to carry out scientific experiments and repairs.

    Other applications include mobile photography and videography and the ability to document experiments, search for objects and maintain an inventory. Cimon can also see, hear and understand what it observes and is equipped with an autonomous navigation system, allowing astronauts to issue voice commands like you would to virtual assistants like Alexa, Siri or Cortana on the ground.

    Circling our planet at 28 800 km/h the International Space Station offers space for six astronauts to conduct experiments for researchers all over the world in weightlessness as well as test and demonstrate techniques needed to further explore our Solar System.

    Europe’s laboratory Columbus was launched over 10 years ago and more than 200 experiments have been done inside. Columbus houses as many disciplines as possible in a small volume, from astrobiology to solar science through metallurgy and psychology. Countless papers have been published drawing conclusions from experiments performed in Columbus, and Cimon is another example of the research conducted in space.

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  • Luca Parmitano blows out his virtual candle on the Astro Pi

    Luca Parmitano blows out his virtual candle on the Astro Pi

    During Luca’s Mission Beyond, we sent warm wishes to the astronaut on his birthday (27 September) onboard the ISS by gifting a virtual candle to blow out on an Astro Pi.

    Astro Pi computers come with a set of sensors and gadgets that can be used to run great scientific experiments by means of computer coding. This set of sensors is called ‘Sense HAT’ (that stands for ‘Hardware Attached on Top’).

    The Sense HAT add-on board was specially created for the Astro Pi competition. The board gives Astro Pi the ability to ‘sense’ and make many kinds of measurements, from temperature to movement, and to output information using a special display – the 8×8 LED matrix. The Astro Pis are also equipped with a joystick and buttons – just like a videogame console!

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  • Visita alla toilette della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale

    Visita alla toilette della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale

    L’astronauta dell’ESA Samantha Cristoforetti ci mostra come usare la parte meno affascinante, ma di cui spesso si chiede, della vita sulla Stazione Spaziale Internazionale: il bagno.

    Un ventola crea aspirazione per evitare cattivi odori e il galleggiamento dei rifiuti. I rifiuti solidi vengono immagazzinati e caricati sulle navette cargo che bruciano quando il veicolo spaziale lascia la Stazione Spaziale. L’urina dell’astronauta viene riciclata – in acqua potabile.

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    English version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-65mBQ7s_Q

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  • #AskLuca: colds and flu in space

    #AskLuca: colds and flu in space

    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano spent 201 days in orbit as part of his Beyond mission to the International Space Station. In this clip, he discusses how astronauts manage the risk of colds and flu on the International Space Station.

    This question was asked on social media and is part of a larger interview for the Beyond series of the ESA Explores podcast. The full podcast episode is available via all major podcast platforms including:
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  • #SpaceConnectsUs live online event | Timestamps in the description

    #SpaceConnectsUs live online event | Timestamps in the description

    🇳🇱Jump to the Dutch section: 0:57:50
    🇩🇪Jump to the German section: 1:57:57
    🇮🇹Jump to the Italian section: 2:57:44
    🇫🇷Jump to the French section: 3:57:50
    🇬🇧Jump to the English section: 4:58:41

    Asteroid Day and the European Space Agency connected Europe and the world with astronauts, scientists and performers bringing a message of hope and support for those facing the global Coronavirus crisis.

    This online programme was broadcast sequentially in Dutch, German, Italian, French and English to inspire armchair explorers everywhere.

    Featuring
    André Kuipers, Frank De Winne, Matthias Maurer, Alexander Gerst, Thomas Reiter, Samantha Cristoforetti, Jean-François Clervoy, Thomas Pesquet, Timothy Peake, Rusty Schweickart, Nicole Stott, Tom Jones, Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu, Anousheh Ansari

    Special guests
    Gianluca Masi, Jan Wörner, Mayim Bialik, Murad Osmann, Alison Pill, Paulina Chávez, Angélique Kidjo, Grig Richters

    Moderators
    Sander Koenen, Ranga Yogeshwar, Rossella Panarese, Bruce Benamran, Brian Cox

    Full details via http://www.spaceconnects.us

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  • At home with astronauts: Matthias Maurer

    At home with astronauts: Matthias Maurer

    Like many people around the world, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is adjusting to a new normal. Find out how he is spending his time at home during the COVID-19 outbreak, along with a few tips on how to gain inspiration from isolation.

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  • Una visita ai servizi igienici della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale

    Una visita ai servizi igienici della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale

    Unitevi all’astronauta ESA Samantha Cristoforetti mentre ci mostra come si lavano gli astronauti a bordo della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale.

    Dalla saponetta all’acqua e al tagliarsi le unghie, tutto è diverso nello spazio. Samantha ci mostra il suo modo di ‘fare la doccia’ che dipende da quanto tempo ha a disposizione.

    Gli astronauti sulla Stazione Spaziale dedicano il maggior tempo possibile alla scienza. Durante la sua settimana lavorativa di 40 ore, Samantha ha eseguito molti esperimenti dell’Agenzia Spaziale Italiana ASI e dell’ESA, e partecipato ad ancora più esperimenti degli scienziati di tutto il mondo.

    Samantha ha vissuto e lavorato a bordo della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale come membro dell’equipaggio di sei delle Spedizioni 42 e 43. Potete rivedere la sua missione Futura nelle pagine dedicate http://samanthacristoforetti.esa.int.

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  • How to cope during social distancing with Thomas Pesquet

    How to cope during social distancing with Thomas Pesquet

    ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet gives us some advice on what to do during a period of social distancing like the one many of us have to endure during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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  • Luca speaks with European media

    Luca speaks with European media

    Media had their first opportunity to ask questions of ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano in Europe on Saturday 8 February 2020 – just two days after he returned from 201 days in space.

    This news conference at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) started at 12:30 CET (11:30 GMT) with an introduction from the Head of EAC Frank De Winne, followed by statements from ESA Director General Jan Wörner and Director of Human and Robotic Exploration David Parker.

    Luca then answered a range of questions about his recent mission, known as ‘Beyond’. Luca answers questions in Italian and others in English.

    The entire conference was broadcast live on ESA Web TV.

    Beyond was Luca’s second long-duration mission to the International Space Station. His first was Volare in 2013.

    Luca was launched to the Station 20 July 2019 – the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing – and returned 6 February 2020 in the Russian Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft.

    During his Beyond mission he became the third European and first Italian in command of the Space Station, set the record for longest cumulative spacewalking time by a European astronaut, remotely controlled a rock-collecting rover in the Netherlands, supported over 50 European and 200 international experiments and welcomed the first Emirati astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori among other mission highlights.

    (Please note: There were some technical issues about 45-50 minutes into the press conference, in the replay there is some loss of audio quality and loss of audio/image sync.)

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  • Luca Parmitano: back from Beyond

    Luca Parmitano: back from Beyond

    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano returned from his second long-duration mission to the International Space Station, known as ‘Beyond’, on 6 February 2020. In this interview at ESA’s Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, he shares some of his experiences and feelings after 201 days in orbit.

    This interview was conducted late on the night Luca landed in Cologne, and is the first full interview with him in Europe since he touched down in Kazakhstan at 09:12 GMT (10:12 CET) Thursday 6 February.

    Some of the highlights of Luca’s Beyond mission include becoming the third European and first Italian in command of the Space Station, leading three of four complex spacewalks to maintain the cosmic-ray-detecting Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02, gaining the European record for most cumulative spacewalking time, remotely controlling a rock-collecting rover in the Netherlands, supporting over 50 European and 200 international experiments and sharing his experiences with those back on Earth through images and video links.

    One of the main things Luca highlighted throughout his mission was the fragility of our planet and the need to act now for generations to come.

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  • Luca Parmitano: torna da Beyond

    Luca Parmitano: torna da Beyond

    L’astronauta dell’ESA Luca Parmitano è tornato dalla sua seconda missione di lunga durata sulla Stazione Spaziale Internazionale chiamata ‘Beyond’, il 6 febbraio 2020. In questa intervista al Centro astronauti dell’ESA di Colonia in Germania, condivide alcune delle sue esperienze e dei suoi sentimenti dopo 201 giorni in orbita.

    Questa intervista è stata condotta nella tarda notte in cui Luca è atterrato a Colonia, ed è la prima intervista completa con lui in Europa da quando è atterrato in Kazakistan alle 09:12 GMT (10:12 CET) giovedì 6 febbraio.

    Tra i momenti salienti della missione Beyond di Luca ci sono: diventare il terzo europeo e il primo italiano al comando della Stazione Spaziale, condurre tre delle quattro complesse passeggiate spaziali, ottenere il record europeo per la maggior parte del tempo trascorso durante le passeggiate spaziali, controllare a distanza un rover che raccoglie rocce nei Paesi Bassi, condurre oltre 50 esperimenti europei e 200 internazionali e condividere le sue esperienze attraverso immagini e collegamenti video.

    Una delle cose principali che Luca ha evidenziato nel corso della sua missione è stata la fragilità del nostro pianeta e la necessità di agire ora per le generazioni a venire.

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  • Luca Parmitano: return to Earth

    Luca Parmitano: return to Earth

    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano touched down in the Kazakh Steppe at 09:12 GMT (10:12 CET), 6 February 2020 after his second six-month mission on the International Space Station. Luca returned to Earth in the Russian Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft alongside US astronaut Christina Koch and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov.
    During his second mission, known as ‘Beyond’, Luca served as the third European and first ever Italian in command of the International Space Station. Before leaving the Station, he handed this role over to Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripocha in a traditional change of command ceremony.

    While in orbit, Luca also performed four complex spacewalks to maintain the cosmic-ray-detecting Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02, remotely operated a rock-collecting rover in the Netherlands, supported more than 50 European and over 200 international experiments, gained the European record for longest cumulative spacewalking time, and publicly shared countless images as he warned of the challenges facing our planet.

    Luca will now return to ESA’s Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany where he will continue to work with researchers to gather baseline data and undertake an extensive programme of rehabilitation supported by ESA experts. The findings of this research and Luca’s work in space will help shape the future of space exploration and enhance technological developments on Earth.

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  • Astronauts Christina Koch, Luca Parmitano and Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov Return Home from Space

    Astronauts Christina Koch, Luca Parmitano and Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov Return Home from Space

    Three space travelers including record-setting astronaut Christina Koch return home from the International Space Station.

    Christina Koch wrapped up a 328-day extended mission on her first spaceflight, having spent more time in space on a single mission than any other woman. Koch, along with station Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), and Soyuz commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos departed the station in a Soyuz spacecraft that made a parachute-assisted landing at 4:12 a.m. EST southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

    Koch’s extended mission will provide researchers the opportunity to observe effects of long-duration spaceflight on a woman, as we prepare for Artemis missions to the Moon and human exploration of Mars.

  • Fit for space – survival training

    Fit for space – survival training

    In the third episode of our ‘Fit for space’ training series, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer explains how astronauts learn to survive on their own if ever a spacecraft lands away from its intended landing site.

    Generally a spacecraft lands within a few kilometers of its landing site, but sometimes they return in a so-called ‘ballistic mode’ in a steeper entrance trajectory putting the astronauts under increased gravity loads, and landing with less precision – sometimes 400 km away from the intended landing area.

    From winter survival to water survival, astronauts are prepared for anything, from building fires and shelters, to surviving cold waters and righting capsized life rafts.

    The video includes footage from the Soyuz winter survival training, water survival training fire emergency training as well as Chinese sea survival training.

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  • Intense ‘Beyond’ mission for Luca

    Intense ‘Beyond’ mission for Luca

    Italian ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will return to Earth 6 February 2020, following his second long-duration mission on the International Space Station (ISS).

    Luca’s mission – known as ‘Beyond’ – began 20 July 2019, exactly 50 years after the first lunar landing. On this date, Luca was launched to the Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft alongside Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan.

    During Beyond, Luca supported over 50 European experiments in orbit. These included remotely operating a rover in the Netherlands to collect rock samples as instructed by scientists in Germany, and completing four complex spacewalks to repair the cosmic-ray-detecting Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02. He also supported numerous international experiments and became the third European and first ever Italian commander of the International Space Station.

    Science and research completed during Luca’s mission will help pave the way for farther exploration as ESA looks beyond the International Space Station to the Moon and Mars.

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  • #AskNASA┃ How Will Astronauts Dig on the Moon?

    #AskNASA┃ How Will Astronauts Dig on the Moon?

    How will we uncover the history of the Moon? What tools and instruments will help us dig deeper? The latest episode of #AskNASA will answer these questions and more.
    NASA’s Chief Exploration Scientist Jacob Bleacher demonstrates exactly how craters help us understand the history of Moon rocks and the Moon’s surface.
    As part of the Artemis program, Jacob highlights the import role astronauts play in finding and analyzing samples. Jacob also explains how field work on Earth support both science and human exploration.

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  • Grand tour of the International Space Station with Drew and Luca | Single take

    Grand tour of the International Space Station with Drew and Luca | Single take

    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Drew Morgan take you on a unique tour of the International Space Station shot in one take with two cameras strapped together. Luca and Drew take it in turns to guide you through the modules and spacecraft docked to the orbital outpost.

    Starting from the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft that bought Drew to the Space Station, the duo show each module and spacecraft docked with the International Space Station at the time it was recorded around the New Year 2020. Passing colleagues include NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and Christina Koch exercising and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Skripochka.

    This is the first tour of the International Space Station with two astronauts presenting and the first done in a single take.

    At the time of recording three supply vehicles were docked, the Russian Progress MS-13, Space-X’s Dragon-19 and Northrup Grumman’s Cygnus-12, as well as two astronaut vehicles the Soyuz MS-15 and Soyuz MS-13.

    The map overlay graphic erroneously shows the future Nauka module instead of Pirs. The Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module Nauka is planned for launch in the future and will replace Pirs, but we put it on the map already.

    Skip to specific modules or features such as the toilets using the timestamps below:

    00:00:06 Soyuz MS-15
    00:04:53 Zvezda service module
    00:08:01 Pirs
    00:09:27 Mini Research Module-2 (MRM-2)
    00:10:30 Soyuz MS-13
    00:11:44 MRM-2
    00:12:27 Progress
    00:13:19 Functional Cargo Block (FGB)
    00:07:12 Mini Research Module-1 (MRM-1)
    00:19:36 Pressurised Mating Adapter
    00:20:42 Node-1 Unity
    00:22:46 Northrup Grumman Cygnus-12
    00:27:32 Quest Airlock
    00:29:27 Node-3 Tranquility
    00:30:58 T2 Treadmill
    00:31:17 Toilet
    00:33:38 Cupola at night
    00:34:11 Permanent Multipurpose Module Leonardo (PMM)
    00:36:42 US laboratory Destiny
    00:37:45 Robotics station for Canadarm2
    00:38:40 Exercise bike
    00:42:21 Node-2 Harmony
    00:44:40 Space X Dragon
    00:46:35 European laboratory Columbus
    00:49:53 Japanese laboratory Kibo
    00:56:17 Space Station fly through
    01:00:43 Cupola daytime
    01:04:27 Goodbye from Cupola

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  • NASA Astronauts Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station on Jan. 20, 2020

    NASA Astronauts Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station on Jan. 20, 2020

    On Monday, Jan. 20 starting at 6:50 a.m. EST, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch will step outside of the International Space Station into the vacuum of space together. The duo will wrap up the work of installing new lithium-ion batteries to upgrade the orbiting lab’s power systems. The spacewalk is scheduled to last about six-and-a-half hours.

  • NASA Astronauts Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station on Jan. 15, 2020

    NASA Astronauts Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station on Jan. 15, 2020

    On Wednesday, Jan. 15, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch will step outside of the International Space Station into the vacuum of space together. The duo will replace old nickel-hydrogen batteries with newer, more powerful lithium-ion batteries to continue upgrading station power systems on the Port-6 truss structure. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 6:50 a.m. EST and last about six-and-a-half hours.

  • Forward to the Moon with ESA

    Forward to the Moon with ESA

    The first flight of the Artemis programme, which will see humans return to the Moon, is scheduled to begin soon. The lunar spacecraft consists of NASA’s Orion crew module and the European Service Module, or ESM. Developed by ESA and building on technology from its Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), the ESM will provide propulsion, life support, environmental control and electrical power to Orion. The Artemis 1 spacecraft modules are undergoing thermal vacuum and electromagnetic interference tests in the world’s largest space simulation vacuum chamber at the Glenn Research Centre’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, USA.

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  • Newest Astronauts Graduate with Eye on Artemis Missions

    Newest Astronauts Graduate with Eye on Artemis Missions

    It’s graduation season for our #NewAstronauts! 👩‍🚀🎓👨‍🚀

    An class of 11 Americans and two Canadians became astronauts on Friday, increasing the number of those eligible for spaceflight assignments that will expand humanity’s horizons in space for generations to come. The new astronauts successfully completed more than two years of required basic training and are the first to graduate since the agency announced its Artemis program.

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  • ESA highlights 2019

    ESA highlights 2019

    As the year comes to a close, it is once again time to look back and reflect on some of the achievements and highlights of European spaceflight. The new Gaia star catalogue and the launch of Cheops are keeping ESA at the forefront of space science, as will Solar Orbiter, being prepared for launch next year. The Copernicus programme continues to be the largest Earth observation programme in the world, with ESA preparing even more missions. On the Space Station, Luca Parmitano became the third European to command an ISS expedition. During his second mission, he made some of the space programme’s most complex and demanding spacewalks. At the end of 2019, the ESA Space19+ ministerial conference agreed to give ESA its largest budget ever and expressed continued support for Europe’s independent access to space with Ariane 6 and Vega-C.

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  • Challenging spacewalks for Luca

    Challenging spacewalks for Luca

    On 20 July 2019, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano was launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Beyond mission he will participate in several spacewalks (EVA) to repair the dark matter hunter Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS-02. Attached to the station during the STS-134 shuttle mission in May 2011, the AMS was never designed to be maintained in orbit. Luca has trained extensively for this challenging task, which will involve complicated techniques and the use of specially-designed tools.

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  • Spacewalks for AMS

    Spacewalks for AMS

    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will soon take part in several challenging spacewalks to service the International Space Station’s largest scientific instrument.

    The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a sub-atomic particle detector that looks for dark matter, antimatter and measures cosmic rays – high energy particles that travel through space at close to the speed of light.

    The AMS took 16 countries nearly 20 years to develop. It was assembled at CERN, tested at ESA’s ESTEC facility in The Netherlands and installed on the Space Station in 2011. Since then it has collected over 145 billion cosmic ray events across a range of energy levels and has already provided the first insights into potential antimatter and dark matter.

    The maintenance of the AMS’ cooling system will ensure it can continue to provide more data and groundbreaking science. This film contains soundbites from the instrument’s Principal Investigator, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Samuel Ting (MIT/CERN).

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  • First All-Woman Spacewalk

    First All-Woman Spacewalk

    On Oct 18, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch performed the first all-woman spacewalk. Koch & Meir replaced a faulty battery charge/discharge unit that failed to activate after a previous spacewalk. This was the fourth spacewalk for Christina Koch and the first for Jessica Meir.

  • NASA Astronauts Complete All-Woman Spacewalk

    NASA Astronauts Complete All-Woman Spacewalk

    On Friday, Oct. 18, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir completed NASA’s first all-woman spacewalk. During the 7-hour, 17-minute spacewalk, the pair replaced a failed power controller and completed several other tasks in preparation for future spacewalks.

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  • Suiting up for space

    Suiting up for space

    This timelapse video from the International Space Station shows ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano helping NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Christina Koch prepare for a spacewalk on 6 October 2019.

    Andrew and Christina worked outside in the vacuum of space for seven hours and one minute to begin the latest round of upgrading the station’s large nickel-hydrogen batteries with newer, more powerful lithium-ion batteries.

    This spacewalk is one of many scheduled for October and November. The first all-female spacewalk is expected to take place during the week of 14 October and Luca is expected to complete his first spacewalk of the Beyond mission later in November.

    During his November spacewalks, Luca will work to repair and enhance the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer – a particle physics experiment module that was never designed to be maintained in orbit.

    The music accompanying this timelapse is I Go Blind 2 sourced from Audio Network.

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  • Space Is Hard

    Space Is Hard

    Space travel is hard and unforgiving, but we have never been more ready to meet the unknown.

    Team members from NASA’s #Artemis program share the risks and rewards of this next era of exploration. Artemis will push the boundaries of human exploration and send the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024, preparing for missions to Mars and beyond.

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  • NASA Astronauts Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station on Oct. 11, 2019

    NASA Astronauts Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station on Oct. 11, 2019

    On Friday, Oct. 11, NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Christina Koch ventured outside the International Space Station for a 6 hour, 45-minute spacewalk. This was the second in a series of five planned spacewalks to complete battery installation. The duo exited the station’s Quest airlock in their U.S. spacesuits and continued installation of new lithium-ion batteries on the station’s Port-6 truss structure.

  • NASA Astronauts Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station on Oct. 6, 2019

    NASA Astronauts Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station on Oct. 6, 2019

    On Sunday, Oct. 6, NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Christina Koch ventured outside the International Space Station for a 7 hour, 1 minute-long spacewalk. The duo exited the station’s Quest airlock in their U.S. spacesuits and began installation of new lithium-ion batteries on the Port-6 truss structure. This was the first in a series of five planned spacewalks to complete the battery installation.

  • Paxi on the ISS: Inspirational Teachers

    Paxi on the ISS: Inspirational Teachers

    Our alien friend Paxi went to visit American astronaut Christina Koch on board the International Space Station. Christina talks about the importance of teachers and shares a story about her favourite teacher at school.

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  • Luca Parmitano takes command

    Luca Parmitano takes command

    Russian Cosmonaut Aleksei Ovtchinin passes the command of the International Space Station to Luca Parmitano in an official ceremony held on 2 October 2019. The ESA astronaut is the third European and the first Italian to have such responsibilities on the Space Station. Luca is Commander for Expedition 61, and for the second part of his second space mission known as Beyond.

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  • Playmobil go above and beyond with ESA’s Luca Parmitano

    Playmobil go above and beyond with ESA’s Luca Parmitano

    Playmobil figures are enjoyed by millions of children around the world, but now two very special figures, in the likeness of ESA’s Luca Parmitano, are flying around Earth with the astronaut himself.

    Luca unpacked the two figures that arrived on the Cygnus NG-11 cargo ship in April 2019. The special edition figurines, limited to 25 000 can only be found with copies of the October 2019 Italian edition of Playmobil magazine.

    This issue of the magazine is full of space-themed stories to inspire children and set their imaginations racing, while explaining about space exploration, the science behind the International Space Station and what we know about the Universe and what lies beyond our planet.

    Playmobil toys are known for helping children develop their imaginations and concentration skills as they invent worlds for these little figures. The magazine and figure collaboration is a partnership between ESA, the Italian space agency ASI and the Italian publisher to celebrate Luca’s achievements and promote learning and foster curiosity and creativity in children.

    The Playmobil Luca sports an astronaut ‘Snoopy’ hat, similar to that worn by the real Luca as he will prepare to don his spacesuit for a series of complex spacewalks later in his mission to repair the AMS-02 ‘antimatter hunter’ instrument outside the Space Station. The Snoopy cap holds the headphone and microphone communication so spacewalkers can talk to mission control and their colleagues inside the Space Station.

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  • Kulturfestival – Space Station Earth premiere

    Kulturfestival – Space Station Earth premiere

    Space was the theme of the 2019 Stockholm Culture Festival, a mass event that took over central Stockholm, Sweden, from 13 to 17 August.

    Art, music, films and science activities for all ages took to the streets to satisfy the audience’s curiosity about space.

    At the festival’s interactive planet exhibition, the whole family could feel and learn more about our galaxy and how space can improve our lives on Earth. Iconic images of the Moon and some rare shots of the preparations behind the scenes were on display in the exhibition ‘A Swedish camera on the Moon’ at Brunkebergstorg Square in Stockholm.

    ESA’s astrophysicist Matt Taylor shared the fascinating space adventure of Rosetta, the first ever mission to land on a comet.
    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano talked to thousands of festival-goers on 13 August to share his experiences in orbit, less than a month into his mission Beyond. Fellow astronauts Tim Peake and Thomas Reiter were on stage to host the event and bring the audience closer to space.

    A stunning new film, called ‘Space Station Earth’, featuring images from space set to music by composer Ilan Eshkeri, made its world premiere on the opening night of the festival supported by a large orchestra, a choir and electronic instruments.

    Combining images taken by ESA astronauts aboard the International Space Station with new footage created with the latest video techniques, the whole multimedia experience allowed the audience to see through astronauts’ eyes.

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  • Luca Parmitano launches the 2019-20 European Astro Pi Challenge

    Luca Parmitano launches the 2019-20 European Astro Pi Challenge

    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is this year’s ambassador of the European Astro Pi Challenge. In this video, he welcomes students to the challenge and gives an overview of the project.

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  • Space Pioneers Celebrated by NASA on Women’s Equality Day

    Space Pioneers Celebrated by NASA on Women’s Equality Day

    NASA joins organizations across the world to celebrate Women’s Equality Day on August 26.

    The date was selected to celebrate the Women’s Suffrage Movement’s greatest victory—women’s achievement of full voting rights following the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. The Women’s Equality Day observance not only commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, but also represents women’s continuing efforts toward full equality. Learn about women at NASA by visiting: https://women.nasa.gov/

  • Science & Exploration: Answering the big questions

    Science & Exploration: Answering the big questions

    Where do we come from? Where are we going? Why are things the way they are? Space science and exploration are entering an ambitious new era, spanning the hunt for extraterrestrial planets and detecting the fundamental nature of our Universe to roving on Mars and returning to the Moon. However, we’re not simply acquiring new knowledge – we’re helping bring the benefits of these discoveries to European industry, through commercialisation in Earth orbit, integration with new space actors and cooperation on a global scale.

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  • Apollo 11: Celebrating NASA’s Historic Moon Landing

    Apollo 11: Celebrating NASA’s Historic Moon Landing

    The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. The success of the mission was celebrated globally and united all humankind. This video shows the parades that celebrated the successful return of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin.

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