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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Luca Parmitano responds to #AskLuca

    Luca Parmitano responds to #AskLuca

    Before ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano was launched to the International Space Station for his second space mission ‘Beyond’ on 20 July 2019, we asked Twitter followers what they would like to #AskLuca. In this video, he answers a few of those questions:

    0:00 – Intro
    0:08 – Have you been specifically trained for the visit (yet to be confirmed) of US commercial crew vehicles?
    0:41 – Do you have a music playlist to listen to and a list of pieces you would like to practice on the guitar during your mission?
    1:25 – What was the biggest sacrifice you made to become an astronaut?
    2:04 – Have you missed the space station since your last mission?
    2:10 – What is one aspect of preparation you did very differently this time compared to the first time?
    2:44 – What is your favourite science-fiction quote?
    2:52 – What is the biggest challenge of your Beyond mission?
    3:03 – Is it harder or easier to head off to space for the second time?
    3:34 – Quali sono le differenze tra preparare una prima missione e una seconda? E cosa cambia nell’addestramento per un Comandante della ISS?
    4:25 – Ti capita di annoiarti nel corso del tuo addestramento? E quanto è dura svolgere il lavoro dell’astronauta?
    5:15 – Ti stai preparando a puntino per la Luna?

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  • Preparing for the Beyond mission

    Preparing for the Beyond mission

    On 20 July 2019, our astronaut Luca Parmitano will be launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

    He will fly to the Station alongside Russian Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and US Astronaut Andrew Morgan in a Russian Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft.

    Named ‘Beyond’, this is Luca’s second space mission since joining our Astronaut Corps in 2009.

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  • Luca Parmitano ‘Beyond’ news conference

    Luca Parmitano ‘Beyond’ news conference

    On 11 May 2019, our astronaut Luca Parmitano met with members of the press at our establishment in Frascati, Italy, ahead of his second mission to the International Space Station. Speakers at the event included ESA Director General Jan Wörner, Head of ESA/ESRIN Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, Italian Space Agency President Giorgio Saccoccia and ESA Utilisation Planning Team Leader Kirsten MacDonell.

    Please note: the majority of the conference is in Italian, some of the speakers present in English.

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  • Luca Parmitano training for second mission

    Luca Parmitano training for second mission

    This summer our astronaut Luca Parmitano will fly to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

    The Italian astronaut is currently training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA, where he is learning Space Station operations in depth.

    His second mission is called ‘Beyond’ and includes a spacewalk and running a rich scientific programme as well as seeing Luca take over command of the International Space Station – only the third time a European astronaut holds this role.

    Connect with Luca Parmitano at http://lucaparmitano.esa.int/

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  • Luca Parmitano and Chris Cassidy explain what happened during EVA 23

    Luca Parmitano and Chris Cassidy explain what happened during EVA 23

    Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy were hard at work outside the International Space Station (ISS) for the second time, when water started to leak into Luca Parmitano’s space suit helmet, immediately resulting in the duo heading back to the Quest Airlock to terminate the EVA. Luca and Chris explain the events that happened during EVA # 23.

  • Luca Parmitano guitar solo

    Luca Parmitano guitar solo

    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano plays one of his own compositions on guitar at ESA’s technical heart ESTEC in The Netherlands.

    The song doesn’t have a name yet as playing the guitar is a way to relax for Luca after the extensive astronaut training he receives for his Volare mission to the International Space Station.

  • Luca Parmitano Training

    Luca Parmitano Training

    In less than three years, Luca has travelled between all five international partners’ training sites, gaining the knowledge and skills required for his mission. His tailored training has taken him to Houston, USA, Star City near Moscow, Russia, Tsukuba near Tokyo, Japan, Montreal, Canada, and the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.
    Critical tasks are trained over and over. As Soyuz flight engineer, Luca requires a great amount of ‘flying hours’ in the Russian spacecraft simulator, so he trained until he felt at home in the cockpit and can operate Soyuz flawlessly in any situation. During simulations, Luca had his hands at the controls of the spacecraft and wore the Russian Sokol flight suit.
    Luca has been taught Space Station systems in full-size mockups, where he familiarised himself with the Station and learnt how everything works. He is trained in all systems and experiment operations scheduled for his mission. He has spent hours getting to know every corner of Europe’s Columbus laboratory, where most of the experiments in which he participates in take place.
    Dressed in a spacesuit, Luca also trained to perform spacewalks in one of the largest swimming pools in the world on realistic mockups of the Space Station.