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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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🦿 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 🎧

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November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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📡 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.
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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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.
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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🌌 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.
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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🥁 And the answer is… the ExoMars landing platform deploying its ramps!

🎥 Recorded during recent tests at Astronika facilities in Poland: blogs.esa.int/to-mars-and-...

Thanks for playing along!
October 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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🙀 Here are some cats reacting to the sound. It may not help you guess, but they’re sensing something…
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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🔊 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
October 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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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.
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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🇵🇱🧪 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...

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October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🌕 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...
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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👽 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...
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM