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Published: November 21, 2025 13:30

🚀🌙 How do you prepare for life on the Moon? Start with a flight that bends gravity. @esa.int's parabolic flight campaign gave scientists hands-on time in lunar gravity aboard the @airzerog.bsky.social plane—testing how humans and tech adapt for future…

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Published: November 20, 2025 08:31

🌕 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…

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Published: November 19, 2025 09:23

❄️ Cold nights, crew dynamics and cosmic curiosity. Meet @esa.int astronaut reserve member Carmen Possnig as she shares life at Antarctica’s Concordia Station 🇦🇶, space physiology research and training for space. 🎧 Listen now on #ESAExplores 👉…

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Published: November 18, 2025 15:38

📢 Media invite: Artemis II 🚀 Sign up by 30 Nov to witness the first crewed mission around the Moon in 50+ years 🛰️ @esa.int's European Service Module will propel Orion and provide them with water 💧, air 🌬️, electricity ⚡ and a comfortable temperature 🌡️ …

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Published: November 18, 2025 10:12

🎈 Why is there a 4-metre-wide balloon in a cleanroom? 📡 Engineers at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes 🇫🇷 used a giant helium balloon to test the deployment of one of the antennas of @esa.int's Lunar Link 🌒 Find out why 👇…

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Published: November 12, 2025 10:03

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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Published: November 10, 2025 12:01

🌍➡️🌙 @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…

https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3m4zqfohetk2e

Published: November 7, 2025 09:13

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…

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Published: November 6, 2025 12:29

🚀 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…

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Published: November 6, 2025 10:16

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…

https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3m4svtyyvzc23

Published: November 4, 2025 16:02

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…

https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3m4qnvxlr5s2r

Published: November 3, 2025 18:34

🦿 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…

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Published: November 3, 2025 12:45

🚀 @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 👩‍🚀👨‍🚀 🔗…

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Published: November 3, 2025 08:26

👨‍🚀 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 🔗…

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Published: November 2, 2025 15:27

📡 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…

https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3m4n6kxkdhs27

Published: November 2, 2025 09:22

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…

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Published: October 31, 2025 15:45

🌌 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…

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Published: October 31, 2025 15:11

🔥 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 👨‍🚒👩‍🚒 🔗…

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Published: October 31, 2025 10:24

🔊 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

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Published: October 31, 2025 09:10

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,…

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Published: October 30, 2025 09:21

👨‍🚀 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…

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Published: October 27, 2025 12:00

🇵🇱🧪 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👉…

https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3m3x2zsshz22a

Published: October 24, 2025 14:20

🌕 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. 🔗…

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Published: October 23, 2025 09:27

👽 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 …

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Published: October 21, 2025 14:04

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…

https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3m3n3l37lo22p

Published: October 20, 2025 15:03

👣 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…

https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3m3mypwxpdk22

Published: October 20, 2025 14:12

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. 🔗…

https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3m3mqdnuui22b

Published: October 20, 2025 11:42

Orion on a roll 🌀 Last week, the Artemis II Orion - complete with crew module 👩‍🚀, @esa.int's European Service Module ⚡, solar arrays ☀️ + launch abort system 🛡️ - was rolled 10km to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Next step…

https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3m3fiynztqs2l

Published: October 17, 2025 14:42

🚁 Helicopter training for lunar landings 🌕 @esa.int astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet graduated today from a three-week training course with the German Bundeswehr 🎓

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Published: October 16, 2025 08:42

📢 First bedrest samples arrive at @esa.int's new Exploration Biobank in Portugal. 🧪 +1400 tubes with blood, saliva, urine, stool and hair are now stored at –80°C in Europe's first biobank dedicated to human spaceflight research. …