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#MediaInvitation: journalists are invited to join French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot on Monday 5 January, 14:00 CET, for a press conference at ESA EAC to learn more about her first mission into space (in French/English). Details👇
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French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot wears a white EVA suit with French and ESA patches, helmet with gold visor and backed by ESA and French flags.
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
eurospacehistory.bsky.social
Ten years ago this weekend? But what was #Spacerocks? We'll let British ESA astronaut Tim Peake himself explain... 🖖🤘

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December 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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#OTD: 10 December 2006, ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang was launched on STS-116 Discovery to the International Space Station on his 12-day #Celsius mission, becoming the first Swedish citizen in space.

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Blue 'Mach diamonds' appear beneath Space Shuttle Discovery's main engines as the vehicle roars into the night sky after liftoff on mission STS-116 in December 2006 (Mach diamonds are a formation of shock waves in the exhaust plume of a rocket or jet propulsion system) ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang during the second spacewalk of the STS-116 mission to the International Space Station. Fuglesang stands on a platform at the end of the Station's robotic arm during assembly operations.
December 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
eurospacehistory.bsky.social
In October 2015, just over 10 years ago, we kicked off ESA astronaut Tim Peake's #Spacerocks campaign a few months before his launch on 15 December.

Introducing Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark!

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OMD dedicate 'Electricity' to Tim Peake
YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA
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December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
eurospacehistory.bsky.social
BOOK GIVEAWAY: to mark the upcoming 10th anniversary of ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s #Prinicipia mission launch, we’ve got a couple of copies of Tim’s first book, ‘Hello, is this planet Earth?’, available for our followers. To be in with a chance to win, simply REPOST this post!
Cover of Tim Peake’s Hello is this planet Earth book
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
eurospacehistory.bsky.social
#OTD 2 December 1993, Space Shuttle flight STS-61, the first Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, was launched with @esa.int astronaut Claude Nicollier on board 🧪🔭

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Night launch of the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission (pic:NASA) Arrival at the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (pic: NASA) STS-61 crew: Ken Bowersox, Dick Covey, Kathryn Thornton, Jeff Hoffman, Story Musgrave; Tom Akers and ESA's Claude Nicollier (pic: NASA)
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Hubble Servicing Missi#256F - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/2cjpYhs
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of NASA's first space servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, we are sharing this gallery of images from all five of the Hubble servicing missions. Astronauts serviced Hubble for the first time in December 1993. Including that trip, there have been five astronaut servicing missions to Hubble between 1993 and 2009. How did astronauts repair and service the Hubble Space Telescope more than 300 miles above the surface of the Earth? Watch Hubble astronauts as they discuss servicing from the innovative Robotics Operations Center: bit.ly/2EiiNTP STS103-731-017 (19-27 December 1999) --- Astronaut Claude Nicollier, mission specialist from the European Space Agency (ESA), works at a storage enclosure, using one of the Hubble power tools, during the second of three STS-103 extravehicular activities (EVA). Credit: NASA NASA image use policy. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission. Follow us on Twitter
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
eurospacehistory.bsky.social
#OTD 28 November 1983, with the launch of Shuttle Columbia STS-9, @esa.int made its debut in human spaceflight.

👨‍🚀 ESA's first astronaut in space, Ulf Merbold 🇩🇪
🛰️ first European scientific lab in orbit, #Spacelab-1

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The launch of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-9/Spacelab-1, with a crew of six, the largest to date, including the first non-US astronaut to fly on a NASA mission, ESA's Ulf Merbold
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Bitte lass Friedrich Merz Astronaut sein Bitte lass Friedrich Merz Astronaut sein Bitte lass Friedrich Merz Astronaut sein

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Eilmeldung auf Tagesschau.de: "ESA will deutschen Astronauten zum Mond schicken"
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Gute Nachricht von der ESA-Ministerratskonferenz #CM25: ESA-Generaldirektor Josef Aschbacher gab bekannt, dass eine deutsche ESA-Astronautin oder -Astronaut als erste europäische Person zum und um den Mond fliegen wird - u.a. aufgr. des langjährigen deutschen Engagements im Explorationsbereich ! 🚀🌔🧑‍🚀
Die ESA-Ministerratskonferenz 2025 in Bremen: Am 26. und 27. November 2025 tagten Ministerinnen und Minister sowie Vertretungen der Regierungen der 23 Mitgliedsstaaten der Europäischen Weltraumorganisation ESA in Bremen, um die Zukunft der gemeinsamen europäischen Raumfahrt festzulegen. Bildcredit: ESA - S. Corvaja Die deutsche Delegation bei der ESA-Ministerratskonferenz 2025 in Bremen: Gruppenbild der deutschen Delegation auf der ESA-Ministerratskonferenz, die am 26. und 27. November 2025 in Bremen stattfand. An der Spitze der deutschen Delegation standen Dorothee Bär (erste Reihe Mitte), Bundesministerin für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR), Dr. Marcus Pleyer (links), Staatssekretär im BMFTR, und Dr. Walther Pelzer (rechts), DLR-Vorstand und Generaldirektor der Deutschen Raumfahrtagentur im DLR. Sie wurden begleitet von Vertreterinnen und Vertretern des Bundesministeriums für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR), des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr (BMV) und des Bundesministeriums der Verteidigung (BMVg) sowie von Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern des DLR. Bildcredit: © DLR. Alle Rechte vorbehalten
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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German astronaut will be first European on Moon mission via NASA Artemis.
Three seats for Germany, France & Italy - top ESA contributors.
Record €22.1B budget boosts Europe's space ambitions.
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German Astronaut to Be First European on Moon Mission | News | informedclearly
ESA confirms German astronaut will be first European on Moon mission as part of NASA's Artemis program. Three seats allocated to Germany, France, Italy - largest ESA contributors. Record €22.1 billion...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
dlr-spaceagency.bsky.social
📢Es ist DIE News auf der ESA-Ministerratskonferenz 2025: Ein deutscher Astronaut soll Teil der Artemis-Missionen sein und Richtung Mond fliegen. 🧑‍🚀🌖
#CM25 #Ministerratskonferenz #Artemis
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November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Whar an honour meeting astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti!

10/10 discussion - would follow her across the Delta Quadrant #LLAP
A photograph of me and and esa astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Alexander Gerst aus #BadenWürttemberg könnte Europas erster Astronaut auf dem Mond werden. 🌕🚀
Deutschland ist Teil der #Artemis-Mission – gemeinsam mit #ESA & #NASA.
Mehr dazu 👇
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Alexander Gerst soll zum Mond! Der Baden-Württemberger ist Favorit für die Artemis-Mission
Ein Deutscher soll als erster Europäer mit der NASA um den Mond fliegen – und er kommt aus Baden-Württemberg. Raumfahrtministerin Dorothee Bär und ESA-Generaldirektor Josef Aschbacher verkündeten in B...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
eurospacehistory.bsky.social
#ThisWeek in 2022, 23 November, ESA announced its latest class of European astronauts: five career astronauts and 12 who became part of the ESA astronaut reserve.

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ESA presents new generation of astronauts
The European Space Agency has chosen 17 individuals to form its newest astronaut class from more than 22 500 applicants from across its Member States. The ESA astronaut class 2022 includes f...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
eurospacehistory.bsky.social
#ThisWeek in 2014, 23 November, Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti was launched on her first spaceflight. With @astroterry.bsky.social and Anton Shkaplerov, she joined Expedition 42 on the ISS.

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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during a simulation inside the full-scale mockup of the Soyuz capsule, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, on 14 October 2014. Samantha Cristoforetti is assigned to fly on the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft to the ISS, scheduled for November 2014 and as part of Expedition 42/43.
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Who was first to brew an espresso in space? #NationalEspressoDay☕

Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti. First Italian woman in space, she holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut. Pic: 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 #coffee break in history!

#WomenInSTEM #Italy
Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti inside the International Space Station (ISS), sipping fresh espresso from a special 3D-printed "Zero-G cup" designed to use the fluid's surface tension to let the astronauts sip from it rather than using a straw from a pouch. She has short dark hair, wears a red-and-black jacket over a purple shirt (a Star Trek uniform specifically for the occasion), and smiles softly while Earth’s blue horizon and swirling white clouds fill the huge circular window above her.
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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🌕 Join us live at 10:00 CET from @esa.int's European Astronaut Centre in Cologne 🇩🇪 to see the Argonaut family grow.

ESA's lunar lander programme will support future cargo and crewed missions to the Moon and help build a sustainable human presence beyond Earth.

📺 Watch on #ESAWebTV: watch.esa.int
Moon surface scenario. Credits: ESA–ATG
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will test a new European-made spacesuit during her mission to the International Space Station in 2026.
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European Spacesuit to be Tested Aboard ISS in 2026 - European Spaceflight
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will test a new European-made spacesuit during her mission to the International Space Station in 2026.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
irishspacegal.bsky.social
From baking meringues to meeting an ESA astronaut —
What a weekend!
Baking in Space came to Dublin & Dundalk, ending with a packed house and families in awe as @ESA astronaut Rosemary Coogan took the stage.
This is why we do what we do. 💫
#TownScientist #STEMForAll #ScienceWeek2025 #DreamBig
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
crazyjim.bsky.social
Not to yuck anyone’s yum buuuut…
Space food made from astronaut urine to be tested on ISS • The European Space Agency launched the HOBI-WAN program to test Solein, a powdered protein, and began funding its ground development for potential use aboard the International Space Station. • Because transporting food from Earth is impractical for distant missions, the European Space Agency says long-duration missions need sustainable solutions recycling crew and habitat life-support systems. • Using gas fermentation, Solein production by Solar Foods relies on microbes fed hydrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen from urea in urine; Earth methods need adapting for microgravity, Arttu Luukanen said. • ESA says the project is developing a key capability for future space exploration and could reduce reliance on Earth supplies by recycling crew outputs into nutrition.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
eurospacehistory.bsky.social
👍 …And the first flight of ESA astronaut Pedro Duque, first Spanish citizen in space!
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
exploration.esa.int
🚀 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

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ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet on his third spacewalk for the Alpha mission. Credits: ESA/NASA
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
eurospacehistory.bsky.social
#OTD: 3 November 1994, launch of French ESA astronaut Jean-François Clervoy 🇫🇷 on STS-66 #Discovery. This was the first of three spaceflights for Jean-François, during this mission he logged 62 hours and 34 minutes in space over 175 Earth orbits 🧪

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Close-up of helmeted Jean-Francois Clervoy Launch of STS-66 in November 1994
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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This situation was seen as suboptimal by some crew, though. It stuck out into a space that it wasn't designed for, and people hurt themselves bumping into it. ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli solved the problem by tilting it at 45°. www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-ma...
ISS crew with the reused table in Node 1. Now it's at an angle to the wall.
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM