ESA Exploration
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Sharing news on Europe's human and robotic exploration, from astronaut training to the next giant leap to the Moon and Mars.
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🔧 Testing space metal 🤘
In February, @esa.int’s engineers received a very special package 📦 Inside was the first metal part 3D-printed in space, coming all the way from the ISS 🛰️ Since the unboxing, the space metal has been through A LOT 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
In February, @esa.int’s engineers received a very special package 📦 Inside was the first metal part 3D-printed in space, coming all the way from the ISS 🛰️ Since the unboxing, the space metal has been through A LOT 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🔧 Testing space metal 🤘
In February, @esa.int’s engineers received a very special package 📦 Inside was the first metal part 3D-printed in space, coming all the way from the ISS 🛰️ Since the unboxing, the space metal has been through A LOT 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
In February, @esa.int’s engineers received a very special package 📦 Inside was the first metal part 3D-printed in space, coming all the way from the ISS 🛰️ Since the unboxing, the space metal has been through A LOT 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
Two doctors cross paths at Antarctica's edge ❄️👩⚕️👩⚕️
Nina Purvis wraps up 13 months at Concordia station, passing the icy torch to Sarah Gaier to continue @esa.int research on human adaptation for future Moon 🌙 & Mars 🔴 missions
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Nina Purvis wraps up 13 months at Concordia station, passing the icy torch to Sarah Gaier to continue @esa.int research on human adaptation for future Moon 🌙 & Mars 🔴 missions
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Goodbye Nina, hello Sarah
ESA medical doctors Nina Purvis and Sarah Gaier meet in Antarctica at the coastal station Mario Zuchelli
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November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Two doctors cross paths at Antarctica's edge ❄️👩⚕️👩⚕️
Nina Purvis wraps up 13 months at Concordia station, passing the icy torch to Sarah Gaier to continue @esa.int research on human adaptation for future Moon 🌙 & Mars 🔴 missions
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Nina Purvis wraps up 13 months at Concordia station, passing the icy torch to Sarah Gaier to continue @esa.int research on human adaptation for future Moon 🌙 & Mars 🔴 missions
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
🌍➡️🌙 @esa.int’s fourth European Service Module is about to leave Airbus in Bremen 🇩🇪 for NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Once there, it will be joined with Orion’s crew module and its European-built solar array wings to power Artemis IV on its journey to the Moon.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Once there, it will be joined with Orion’s crew module and its European-built solar array wings to power Artemis IV on its journey to the Moon.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
European Service Module-4 is ready to sail
In a few days, ESA’s fourth European Service Module will leave the integration halls of Airbus in Bremen, Germany, setting sail across the Atlantic Ocean in the next step of its journey. The module wi...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌍➡️🌙 @esa.int’s fourth European Service Module is about to leave Airbus in Bremen 🇩🇪 for NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Once there, it will be joined with Orion’s crew module and its European-built solar array wings to power Artemis IV on its journey to the Moon.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Once there, it will be joined with Orion’s crew module and its European-built solar array wings to power Artemis IV on its journey to the Moon.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Insects on the space menu 🦗
👨🚀 @esa.int has gathered experts from across Europe to study whether these resilient and nutritionally rich creatures could become part of an astronaut’s meal.
🌍 Billions of people eat insects on Earth – have you eaten one before?
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👨🚀 @esa.int has gathered experts from across Europe to study whether these resilient and nutritionally rich creatures could become part of an astronaut’s meal.
🌍 Billions of people eat insects on Earth – have you eaten one before?
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Insects on the space menu
Long before humans reached orbit, insects had already shown they could handle the hurdles of spaceflight. Light, highly adaptable and nutritionally rich, these resilient animals present an attractive ...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Insects on the space menu 🦗
👨🚀 @esa.int has gathered experts from across Europe to study whether these resilient and nutritionally rich creatures could become part of an astronaut’s meal.
🌍 Billions of people eat insects on Earth – have you eaten one before?
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
👨🚀 @esa.int has gathered experts from across Europe to study whether these resilient and nutritionally rich creatures could become part of an astronaut’s meal.
🌍 Billions of people eat insects on Earth – have you eaten one before?
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🚀 Dreaming of a career in space?
@esa.int's European Astronaut Centre is looking for interns! 🌍✨
From space medicine to XR labs, media production and planetary science, this is your chance to work where astronauts train.
✅ Applications open until 30 November 2025
👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Car...
@esa.int's European Astronaut Centre is looking for interns! 🌍✨
From space medicine to XR labs, media production and planetary science, this is your chance to work where astronauts train.
✅ Applications open until 30 November 2025
👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Car...
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🚀 Dreaming of a career in space?
@esa.int's European Astronaut Centre is looking for interns! 🌍✨
From space medicine to XR labs, media production and planetary science, this is your chance to work where astronauts train.
✅ Applications open until 30 November 2025
👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Car...
@esa.int's European Astronaut Centre is looking for interns! 🌍✨
From space medicine to XR labs, media production and planetary science, this is your chance to work where astronauts train.
✅ Applications open until 30 November 2025
👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Car...
SWOOSH! 🧹 When a meteoroid struck Mars, it triggered ~100 dust avalanches down an ancient volcano's slopes.
@esa.int's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured the dramatic effect of the rare cascade. A new @nature.com study examines the most common causes of these streaks.
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@esa.int's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured the dramatic effect of the rare cascade. A new @nature.com study examines the most common causes of these streaks.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
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November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
SWOOSH! 🧹 When a meteoroid struck Mars, it triggered ~100 dust avalanches down an ancient volcano's slopes.
@esa.int's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured the dramatic effect of the rare cascade. A new @nature.com study examines the most common causes of these streaks.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
@esa.int's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured the dramatic effect of the rare cascade. A new @nature.com study examines the most common causes of these streaks.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
No supermarkets on the Moon? No problem. 🌕🥗
@esa.int's HOBI-WAN project is testing if bacteria can turn gases into protein-rich food in microgravity. This could make future crews more self-sufficient on missions to the Moon and Mars.
The Force of science is strong 👉
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
@esa.int's HOBI-WAN project is testing if bacteria can turn gases into protein-rich food in microgravity. This could make future crews more self-sufficient on missions to the Moon and Mars.
The Force of science is strong 👉
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
No supermarkets on the Moon? No problem. 🌕🥗
@esa.int's HOBI-WAN project is testing if bacteria can turn gases into protein-rich food in microgravity. This could make future crews more self-sufficient on missions to the Moon and Mars.
The Force of science is strong 👉
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
@esa.int's HOBI-WAN project is testing if bacteria can turn gases into protein-rich food in microgravity. This could make future crews more self-sufficient on missions to the Moon and Mars.
The Force of science is strong 👉
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
What's it like to live on White Mars? 🇦🇶
After a year of research and resilience at Concordia station, @esa.int doctor Nina Purvis shares her experience in a new blog 🧪❄️.
Discover her journey 🔗
blogs.esa.int/concordia/20...
After a year of research and resilience at Concordia station, @esa.int doctor Nina Purvis shares her experience in a new blog 🧪❄️.
Discover her journey 🔗
blogs.esa.int/concordia/20...
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
What's it like to live on White Mars? 🇦🇶
After a year of research and resilience at Concordia station, @esa.int doctor Nina Purvis shares her experience in a new blog 🧪❄️.
Discover her journey 🔗
blogs.esa.int/concordia/20...
After a year of research and resilience at Concordia station, @esa.int doctor Nina Purvis shares her experience in a new blog 🧪❄️.
Discover her journey 🔗
blogs.esa.int/concordia/20...
🦿 Can you fly to space with a prosthesis?
@esa.int’s FLY! project is exploring inclusive spaceflight—together with astronaut reserve member John McFall.
Hear from John about the next phase of FLY!, astronaut reserve training and more in this #ESAExplores podcast 🎧
🔗 youtu.be/rYHicJCkLxA?...
@esa.int’s FLY! project is exploring inclusive spaceflight—together with astronaut reserve member John McFall.
Hear from John about the next phase of FLY!, astronaut reserve training and more in this #ESAExplores podcast 🎧
🔗 youtu.be/rYHicJCkLxA?...
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🦿 Can you fly to space with a prosthesis?
@esa.int’s FLY! project is exploring inclusive spaceflight—together with astronaut reserve member John McFall.
Hear from John about the next phase of FLY!, astronaut reserve training and more in this #ESAExplores podcast 🎧
🔗 youtu.be/rYHicJCkLxA?...
@esa.int’s FLY! project is exploring inclusive spaceflight—together with astronaut reserve member John McFall.
Hear from John about the next phase of FLY!, astronaut reserve training and more in this #ESAExplores podcast 🎧
🔗 youtu.be/rYHicJCkLxA?...
🚀 @esa.int's astronaut reserve wraps up training phase two!
For eight weeks, the team reunited at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne 🇩🇪 to train in spacecraft systems, operations, VR spacewalks, sea survival, firefighting and more 👩🚀👨🚀
🔗 t.co/7rKzhjEVtK
For eight weeks, the team reunited at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne 🇩🇪 to train in spacecraft systems, operations, VR spacewalks, sea survival, firefighting and more 👩🚀👨🚀
🔗 t.co/7rKzhjEVtK
November 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🚀 @esa.int's astronaut reserve wraps up training phase two!
For eight weeks, the team reunited at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne 🇩🇪 to train in spacecraft systems, operations, VR spacewalks, sea survival, firefighting and more 👩🚀👨🚀
🔗 t.co/7rKzhjEVtK
For eight weeks, the team reunited at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne 🇩🇪 to train in spacecraft systems, operations, VR spacewalks, sea survival, firefighting and more 👩🚀👨🚀
🔗 t.co/7rKzhjEVtK
👨🚀 For over 25 years now, there has always been someone in space, orbiting our planet every 90 minutes aboard the International Space Station 🛰️.
Now you can relive every day of this incredible journey thanks to Ben Feist and David Charney 🔗 issinrealtime.org
Now you can relive every day of this incredible journey thanks to Ben Feist and David Charney 🔗 issinrealtime.org
ISS in Real Time
Explore 25 years onboard the International Space Station.
issinrealtime.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
👨🚀 For over 25 years now, there has always been someone in space, orbiting our planet every 90 minutes aboard the International Space Station 🛰️.
Now you can relive every day of this incredible journey thanks to Ben Feist and David Charney 🔗 issinrealtime.org
Now you can relive every day of this incredible journey thanks to Ben Feist and David Charney 🔗 issinrealtime.org
📡 There is a place in Europe that talks to the International Space Station every single day.
🛰️ Welcome to a day in the live of the Columbus Control Centre, our direct link to Europe’s space laboratory, where teams provide 24/7 support to keep science running in orbit.
🛰️ Welcome to a day in the live of the Columbus Control Centre, our direct link to Europe’s space laboratory, where teams provide 24/7 support to keep science running in orbit.
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📡 There is a place in Europe that talks to the International Space Station every single day.
🛰️ Welcome to a day in the live of the Columbus Control Centre, our direct link to Europe’s space laboratory, where teams provide 24/7 support to keep science running in orbit.
🛰️ Welcome to a day in the live of the Columbus Control Centre, our direct link to Europe’s space laboratory, where teams provide 24/7 support to keep science running in orbit.
Exactly 25 years ago, at 09:21 UTC, the era of continuous human presence on the International @Space_Station began.
Since Crew One took up residence in 2000, 21 @esa.int astronauts have lived and worked on this orbital outpost, conducting essential research to benefit life on Earth.
Since Crew One took up residence in 2000, 21 @esa.int astronauts have lived and worked on this orbital outpost, conducting essential research to benefit life on Earth.
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Exactly 25 years ago, at 09:21 UTC, the era of continuous human presence on the International @Space_Station began.
Since Crew One took up residence in 2000, 21 @esa.int astronauts have lived and worked on this orbital outpost, conducting essential research to benefit life on Earth.
Since Crew One took up residence in 2000, 21 @esa.int astronauts have lived and worked on this orbital outpost, conducting essential research to benefit life on Earth.
🌌 In space no one can hear you scream. At Concordia you can, but no one is close enough to answer 😱
❄️ Over 500 km from the nearest humans, this Antarctic outpost is more remote than the International Space Station.
🔊 Listen to the haunting sounds of isolation this Halloween, captured by Dr Purvis.
❄️ Over 500 km from the nearest humans, this Antarctic outpost is more remote than the International Space Station.
🔊 Listen to the haunting sounds of isolation this Halloween, captured by Dr Purvis.
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🌌 In space no one can hear you scream. At Concordia you can, but no one is close enough to answer 😱
❄️ Over 500 km from the nearest humans, this Antarctic outpost is more remote than the International Space Station.
🔊 Listen to the haunting sounds of isolation this Halloween, captured by Dr Purvis.
❄️ Over 500 km from the nearest humans, this Antarctic outpost is more remote than the International Space Station.
🔊 Listen to the haunting sounds of isolation this Halloween, captured by Dr Purvis.
🔥 Turning up the heat
As part of their training programme, @esa.int's astronaut reserve suited up for fire emergency drills, learning to stay calm, act fast and protect their crew for future space missions 👨🚒👩🚒
🔗 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
As part of their training programme, @esa.int's astronaut reserve suited up for fire emergency drills, learning to stay calm, act fast and protect their crew for future space missions 👨🚒👩🚒
🔗 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Turning up the heat in ESA’s Astronaut Reserve Training
Turning up the heat in ESA’s Astronaut Reserve Training
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October 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🔥 Turning up the heat
As part of their training programme, @esa.int's astronaut reserve suited up for fire emergency drills, learning to stay calm, act fast and protect their crew for future space missions 👨🚒👩🚒
🔗 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
As part of their training programme, @esa.int's astronaut reserve suited up for fire emergency drills, learning to stay calm, act fast and protect their crew for future space missions 👨🚒👩🚒
🔗 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
🔊 Guess the sound!
🔴 Our engineering teams just picked up an audio signal they’re calling "Creepy Mars."
🤔 What do you think is making this squeaky noise? Drop your answer in the comments, we’ll reveal it at 16h CET!
#Halloween #SpookySeason
🔴 Our engineering teams just picked up an audio signal they’re calling "Creepy Mars."
🤔 What do you think is making this squeaky noise? Drop your answer in the comments, we’ll reveal it at 16h CET!
#Halloween #SpookySeason
October 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🔊 Guess the sound!
🔴 Our engineering teams just picked up an audio signal they’re calling "Creepy Mars."
🤔 What do you think is making this squeaky noise? Drop your answer in the comments, we’ll reveal it at 16h CET!
#Halloween #SpookySeason
🔴 Our engineering teams just picked up an audio signal they’re calling "Creepy Mars."
🤔 What do you think is making this squeaky noise? Drop your answer in the comments, we’ll reveal it at 16h CET!
#Halloween #SpookySeason
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Booooo!! 👻 It’s #SpookySeason!
Can you guess what's making this candle's flame flicker? 🕯️
Is it...
a) ghost
b) microgravity
We know it’s tricky, so we’re treating you to the answer 🎃 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Happy #Halloween! 🦇
Can you guess what's making this candle's flame flicker? 🕯️
Is it...
a) ghost
b) microgravity
We know it’s tricky, so we’re treating you to the answer 🎃 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Happy #Halloween! 🦇
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Booooo!! 👻 It’s #SpookySeason!
Can you guess what's making this candle's flame flicker? 🕯️
Is it...
a) ghost
b) microgravity
We know it’s tricky, so we’re treating you to the answer 🎃 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Happy #Halloween! 🦇
Can you guess what's making this candle's flame flicker? 🕯️
Is it...
a) ghost
b) microgravity
We know it’s tricky, so we’re treating you to the answer 🎃 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Happy #Halloween! 🦇
Do you wanna hear a scary story? 😱
Four astronauts. One underground mission. Total darkness. Every task demanded teamwork. Every step required trust. In space or in a cave, no one explores alone.
An international crew completed @esa.int's CAVES training, living in isolation underground for 4 days.
Four astronauts. One underground mission. Total darkness. Every task demanded teamwork. Every step required trust. In space or in a cave, no one explores alone.
An international crew completed @esa.int's CAVES training, living in isolation underground for 4 days.
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Do you wanna hear a scary story? 😱
Four astronauts. One underground mission. Total darkness. Every task demanded teamwork. Every step required trust. In space or in a cave, no one explores alone.
An international crew completed @esa.int's CAVES training, living in isolation underground for 4 days.
Four astronauts. One underground mission. Total darkness. Every task demanded teamwork. Every step required trust. In space or in a cave, no one explores alone.
An international crew completed @esa.int's CAVES training, living in isolation underground for 4 days.
👨🚀 40 years ago today, Wubbo Ockels became the first Dutch astronaut 🇳🇱
🚀 During his mission, Spacelab-D1, he orbited Earth 110 times over 168 hours 🌍 and performed over 75 experiments with his crew 🧪, controlled from the German Space Operations Centre for the first time in space history.
🚀 During his mission, Spacelab-D1, he orbited Earth 110 times over 168 hours 🌍 and performed over 75 experiments with his crew 🧪, controlled from the German Space Operations Centre for the first time in space history.
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
👨🚀 40 years ago today, Wubbo Ockels became the first Dutch astronaut 🇳🇱
🚀 During his mission, Spacelab-D1, he orbited Earth 110 times over 168 hours 🌍 and performed over 75 experiments with his crew 🧪, controlled from the German Space Operations Centre for the first time in space history.
🚀 During his mission, Spacelab-D1, he orbited Earth 110 times over 168 hours 🌍 and performed over 75 experiments with his crew 🧪, controlled from the German Space Operations Centre for the first time in space history.
🇵🇱🧪 From mental health to volcanic algae, Polish science soared aboard #Ignis
🚀 18 days on the International Space Station
🧬 13 experiments from Poland
🧑🚀 53+ hours of science
✅ 127% mission success
Explore the full overview👉 esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/HRE/Ign...
@esa.int @astro-slawosz.bsky.social
🚀 18 days on the International Space Station
🧬 13 experiments from Poland
🧑🚀 53+ hours of science
✅ 127% mission success
Explore the full overview👉 esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/HRE/Ign...
@esa.int @astro-slawosz.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🇵🇱🧪 From mental health to volcanic algae, Polish science soared aboard #Ignis
🚀 18 days on the International Space Station
🧬 13 experiments from Poland
🧑🚀 53+ hours of science
✅ 127% mission success
Explore the full overview👉 esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/HRE/Ign...
@esa.int @astro-slawosz.bsky.social
🚀 18 days on the International Space Station
🧬 13 experiments from Poland
🧑🚀 53+ hours of science
✅ 127% mission success
Explore the full overview👉 esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/HRE/Ign...
@esa.int @astro-slawosz.bsky.social
🌕 Robots on the Moon — almost!
Eight teams from 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 🇱🇺 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 tested robotic systems to dig and sort simulated Moon soil at the @esa.int - @dlr-en.bsky.social LUNA facility in Cologne, Germany.
✨ The goal? Tech for sustainable lunar living.
🔗 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Eight teams from 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 🇱🇺 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 tested robotic systems to dig and sort simulated Moon soil at the @esa.int - @dlr-en.bsky.social LUNA facility in Cologne, Germany.
✨ The goal? Tech for sustainable lunar living.
🔗 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🌕 Robots on the Moon — almost!
Eight teams from 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 🇱🇺 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 tested robotic systems to dig and sort simulated Moon soil at the @esa.int - @dlr-en.bsky.social LUNA facility in Cologne, Germany.
✨ The goal? Tech for sustainable lunar living.
🔗 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Eight teams from 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 🇱🇺 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 tested robotic systems to dig and sort simulated Moon soil at the @esa.int - @dlr-en.bsky.social LUNA facility in Cologne, Germany.
✨ The goal? Tech for sustainable lunar living.
🔗 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
👽 Not an alien, but condensation defying gravity.
👀 Watch liquids behave differently on the International Space Station vs Earth.
🆒 @esa.int is pioneering heat transfer tests in space with an experiment that could improve how we cool down
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
👀 Watch liquids behave differently on the International Space Station vs Earth.
🆒 @esa.int is pioneering heat transfer tests in space with an experiment that could improve how we cool down
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
👽 Not an alien, but condensation defying gravity.
👀 Watch liquids behave differently on the International Space Station vs Earth.
🆒 @esa.int is pioneering heat transfer tests in space with an experiment that could improve how we cool down
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
👀 Watch liquids behave differently on the International Space Station vs Earth.
🆒 @esa.int is pioneering heat transfer tests in space with an experiment that could improve how we cool down
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Getting ready for Antarctica ❄️
Last week at @esa.int's European Astronaut Centre, our human exploration science team met the crew who will spend the 2026 winterover at Concordia station 🇦🇶 for their "pre-baseline data collection", a series of measurements before they leave for Antarctica 🧪
Last week at @esa.int's European Astronaut Centre, our human exploration science team met the crew who will spend the 2026 winterover at Concordia station 🇦🇶 for their "pre-baseline data collection", a series of measurements before they leave for Antarctica 🧪
October 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Getting ready for Antarctica ❄️
Last week at @esa.int's European Astronaut Centre, our human exploration science team met the crew who will spend the 2026 winterover at Concordia station 🇦🇶 for their "pre-baseline data collection", a series of measurements before they leave for Antarctica 🧪
Last week at @esa.int's European Astronaut Centre, our human exploration science team met the crew who will spend the 2026 winterover at Concordia station 🇦🇶 for their "pre-baseline data collection", a series of measurements before they leave for Antarctica 🧪
👣 One small step…
🌙 Matthias Maurer steps into the future at LUNA, Europe's Moon on Earth
🌍 This @esa.int/@dlr-en.bsky.social lunar surface analogue facility is helping scientists, engineers and astronauts better prepare for our return to the Moon
youtu.be/CLWkrOFH5mQ
🌙 Matthias Maurer steps into the future at LUNA, Europe's Moon on Earth
🌍 This @esa.int/@dlr-en.bsky.social lunar surface analogue facility is helping scientists, engineers and astronauts better prepare for our return to the Moon
youtu.be/CLWkrOFH5mQ
LUNA: Europe’s Moon on Earth
YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
👣 One small step…
🌙 Matthias Maurer steps into the future at LUNA, Europe's Moon on Earth
🌍 This @esa.int/@dlr-en.bsky.social lunar surface analogue facility is helping scientists, engineers and astronauts better prepare for our return to the Moon
youtu.be/CLWkrOFH5mQ
🌙 Matthias Maurer steps into the future at LUNA, Europe's Moon on Earth
🌍 This @esa.int/@dlr-en.bsky.social lunar surface analogue facility is helping scientists, engineers and astronauts better prepare for our return to the Moon
youtu.be/CLWkrOFH5mQ
Waving from orbit — Thomas Reiter’s historic hello from space! 👋🌍
30 years ago today, @esa.int's astronaut Thomas Reiter became the first European to perform a spacewalk during his 179-day EuroMir-95 mission.
🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
30 years ago today, @esa.int's astronaut Thomas Reiter became the first European to perform a spacewalk during his 179-day EuroMir-95 mission.
🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
October 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Waving from orbit — Thomas Reiter’s historic hello from space! 👋🌍
30 years ago today, @esa.int's astronaut Thomas Reiter became the first European to perform a spacewalk during his 179-day EuroMir-95 mission.
🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
30 years ago today, @esa.int's astronaut Thomas Reiter became the first European to perform a spacewalk during his 179-day EuroMir-95 mission.
🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimed...