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  • Principia launch highlights

    Principia launch highlights

    ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and commander Yuri Malenchenko were launched into space 15 Decemeber 11:03 GMT from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

    The launch marks the start of Tim Peake’s six-month Principia mission on the International Space Station running over 30 scientific experiments for ESA.

    Follow Tim Peake via http://timpeake.esa.int and follow the whole mission on ESA’s Principia blog: http://blogs.esa.int/principia.

    Full launch replay here:
    http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2015/12/Principia_launch

  • iriss mission liftoff

    iriss mission liftoff

    ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov were launched into space this morning 2 September at 04:37:43 GMT (06:37:43 CEST) from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

    The launch marks the start of ESA’s 10-day ‘iriss’ mission that will focus on testing new technologies and ways of running complex space missions.

    The astronaut’s Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft was pushed into Earth orbit as planned accelerating 50 km/h on every second for the first nine minutes of their launch.

    The spacecraft separated from the Soyuz launcher at 04:46 GMT (06:46 CEST)

  • ESA astronaut Tim Peake winter survival training

    ESA astronaut Tim Peake winter survival training

    ESA astronaut Tim Peake during winter survival training in Russia.
    All astronauts go through winter survival training. There is always the possibility that a Soyuz spacecraft could land in a remote, cold area. Tim has to learn to survive in harsh climates while waiting for rescue.

    Tim is training for his mission to the International Space Station set to be launched on a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in December 2015.

  • ESA astronaut Tim Peake training in Japan

    ESA astronaut Tim Peake training in Japan

    ESA astronauts train with all International Space Station partners including onsite training in USA, Europe, Canada and Japan.

    ESA astronaut Tim trained in Tsukuba at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Centre on Japanes experiments and the Japanese space laboratory Kibo.

    Tim is preparing for his mission to the International Space Station set to be launched on a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in December 2015.

  • ESA astronaut Tim Peake spacewalk training

    ESA astronaut Tim Peake spacewalk training

    ESA astronaut Tim Peake during spacewalk training in Houston, USA.
    Training underwater on life-size mockups of the Space Station is one way astronauts prepare for their missions as working in water resembles working in space.

    Tim is training for his mission to the International Space Station set to be launched on a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in December 2015.

  • Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft transfer and liftoff

    Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft transfer and liftoff

    This timelapse video shows the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft during transfer from the MIK 40 integration facility to Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad 31, as well as the launch on 23 November 2014 with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and her crewmates to the International Space Station where they will live and work for five months.

    With Samantha are Russian Soyuz commander Anton Shkaplerov and NASA astronaut Terry Virts. All three are part of the Station’s Expedition 42/43 crew.

    On this mission, Samantha is flying as an ESA astronaut for Italy’s ASI space agency under a special agreement between ASI and NASA.

    Directed by Stephane Corvaja, ESA
    Edited by Manuel Pedoussaut, Zetapress
    Music: MZB

  • Futura mission: Launch preparation 3

    Futura mission: Launch preparation 3

    ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen’s third video diary from Baikonur, in Kazakhstan, where he is currently joining the Expedition 42/43 crew in quarantine ahead of their launch to the International Space Station on 23 November. In this video Andreas reports on the roll-out of the Soyuz rocket to the launch pad.

    Andreas is in Baikonur to experience launch preparations ahead of his own launch to the ISS in September 2015. He will spend 10 days on the Space Station for his Iriss mission.

    ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is a member of the Expedition 42/43 crew and will spend 6 months on the ISS for the Futura mission.

    Connect with Andreas at http://andreasmogensen.esa.int
    Connect with Samantha at http://samanthacristoforetti.esa.int