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  • Futura docking replay

    Futura docking replay

    The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft approaches the International Space Station. The spacecraft lifted off at 20:59 GMT on 23 November (21:59 CET; 02:59 local time 24 November) and reached orbit nine minutes later.

    Their spacecraft docked as planned at 02:49 GMT (03:49 CET), and the hatch to their new home in space was opened at 05:00 GMT (06:00 CET).

    For more information about Samantha’s Futura mission online, visit http://www.esa.int/Futura

    Follow the Futura mission with live updates from Samantha and the mission directors themselves on the mission blog ‘Outpost 42’ via http://outpost42.esa.int

    Connect with Samantha on social media at:
    http://samanthacristoforetti.esa.int

  • Futura launch replay

    Futura launch replay

    The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 21:01 GMT/22:01 CET on 23 November 2014 with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and her crewmates to the weightless research centre 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. Her mission is called the Futura mission.

  • 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

  • Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA astronaut training in Houston

    Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA astronaut training in Houston

    Samantha Cristoforetti from Italy joined ESA’s Astronaut Corps in 2009. An experienced fighter pilot and Captain in the Italian Air Force, she’s been proposed by the Italian Space Agency ASI to fly to the International Space Station later this year. After extensive international training she’ll be launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, becoming the eighth ESA astronaut to participate in a long-duration mission onboard the ISS.

    Connect with Samantha on social media at http://samanthacristoforetti.esa.int

  • Chiedilo a Samantha: qual e’ la parte piu’ impegnativa dell’addestramento?

    Chiedilo a Samantha: qual e’ la parte piu’ impegnativa dell’addestramento?

    Due giovani terrestri hanno mandato una domanda per Samantha Cristoforetti per chiederle, secondo lei, quale parte del già’ difficile allenamento da astronauta e’ la più impegnativa.

  • Avamposto42, si inizia

    Avamposto42, si inizia

    Benvenuti all’avamposto42, questo e’ il primo messaggio di Samantha Cristoforetti, dal centro di addestramento EAC a Colonia, dove si sta preparando per la sua partenza verso la Stazione Spaziale Internazionale. Samantha e’ la prossima astronauta italiana ad affrontare una missione spaziale di lunga durata dove sara’ in contatto con noi per tutto il tempo grazie al suo avamposto, a mezza via tra la Terra e lo Spazio.

  • ESA astronauts training in Japan

    ESA astronauts training in Japan

    ESA astronauts have to train with all International Space Station partners: we often see images of them training at Star City in Russia or in Houston, in the US, but they also have to go to Japan during the preparations for their mission.

    ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst and Samantha Cristoforetti were recently in Tsukuba, at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Centre.

  • Introduction to the International Space Apps Challenge by ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti

    Introduction to the International Space Apps Challenge by ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti

    The International Space Apps Challenge (http://spaceappschallenge.org) is a global collaboration of space explorers, held in cities around the world on April 20-21, 2013. In the style of a hackathon, citizen experts will collaborate with space agencies and other partners to further space technology, as well as use space data to solve Earth-bound challenges. Join us on Earth Day weekend!

  • ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti addresses Space Lab winners

    ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti addresses Space Lab winners

    YouTube Space Lab is a campaign initiated by YouTube, NASA, Space Adventures and Lenovo that challenges students around the world to design a science experiment for the International Space Station.

    The winning experiments will be conducted in space on the International Space Station, making it the Universe’s largest science lesson, streamed live for the world to see via YouTube.

  • How to become an astronaut

    How to become an astronaut

    ‘How do I become an astronaut?’ is a question that Frank Danesy has been asked many, many times. In this video Frank talks about the qualities needed to become an astronaut, the selection campaigns and the rigorous training involved for the lucky few who are eventually chosen.

  • New ESA Astronaut: Samantha Cristoforetti

    New ESA Astronaut: Samantha Cristoforetti

    32-year-old Samantha is a fighter pilot in the Italian air force.