Watch how astronauts train for the space station’s microgravity
Recreating microgravity conditions on Earth isn't easy, but it can be done if you fly an aircraft in a particular way ...
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DEI in space
The European Space Agency has cleared a former Paralympian to train for a stint on the International Space Station. That’s a win for diversity — and humanity.
NASA and SpaceX Are Building the Most Advanced Space Station Ever – In Lunar Orbit
NASA's Artemis campaign is rapidly advancing the development of Gateway, a space station that will orbit the Moon and serve ...
Space Waltz: ESA to put Strauss among the stars on his 200th birthday
The Waltz King's Blue Danube was left out of the 'Golden Records' attached to the Voyager probes in the 1970s. The city of ...
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Astronauts Can Now Print Metal in Space and It’s a Game Changer for Future Missions
ESA’s metal 3D printer aboard the ISS could revolutionize space exploration by enabling self-sufficient missions.
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NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Wraps Up at Space Station
NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission with agency astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut ...
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UK must give more to ESA to get benefits of space industry boom, says Brian Cox
In 2022, the UK committed £615 million to ESA's core space science budget over a period of years, within an overall ...
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Europeans Sit in Bathtubs to Simulate Conditions in Space
One of these studies is called Vivaldi, and it is being run at the Medes space clinic in Toulouse, France with help from the ...
A small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station
After analyzing over 800 samples collected by astronauts in multiple modules of the United States Orbital Segment in the ISS, Benitez and his team concluded the microbial and chemical environment on ...
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The World’s First Astronaut With a Physical Disability Is Cleared for Long-Duration Space Missions
The European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut corps member is now eligible to be placed on and train for a flight to the International Space Station (ISS). “This isn’t about me, this is way bigger ...