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Sharing news on European human spaceflight, astronaut training, science with gravity and Orion's European Service Module

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@AirbusSpace
Airbus Space
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Join the Moon Camp! 🌑 #WorldSpaceWeek Can you image what life could be like for astronauts on the Moon👩‍🚀, or even in outerspace? Let your imagination run wild! @AirbusFdn , in collaboration with @esa , invites students worlwide to imagine tomorrow’s functional lunar or spatial
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@ESA_History
ESA space history
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#OTD 4 October 2021, #ESA 's @Thom_astro Pesquet 🇫🇷 became the 1st French & 4th European Commander of @Space_Station when he took over from @JAXA_en astronaut @Aki_Hoshide during Expedition 65 / Mission #Alpha @esaspaceflight @ESA_fr @NASAhistory 🔗
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@ESA_History
ESA space history
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#OTD 3 October 2018, #ESA 's @Astro_Alex Gerst 🇩🇪 became Commander of the @Space_Station during his #Horizons mission on Expedition 57, the 1st German and 2nd European to do so @esaspaceflight @ESA_de @NASAhistory Watch a video of the change of command 👇
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@AschbacherJosef
Josef Aschbacher
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What an honour to show the new ESA-DLR #LUNA facility to First Lady Elke Büdenbender and First Lady Laura Mattarella, of Germany and Italy respectively. Both nations have an invested interest in European space activities and recognise the importance of bringing the #MoontoEarth .
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@astro_Pettit
Don Pettit
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City at Night: Amsterdam edition. Space travelers from all over the world (more than 100 astronauts from 38 countries) are there right now for the Association of Space Explorers Planetary Congress. Technical exchange is flowing freely as they continue to build and strengthen the
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@NASA_Gateway
Gateway Lunar Space Station
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Linking up with the Moon—literally! 🌕 @ESA ’s Lunar Link element will keep Gateway connected with rovers, landers, and satellites on and around the Moon. The system’s high data speeds will even support live video and high-resolution streaming. Learn more:
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@esa
European Space Agency
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😮 It's #InternationalCoffeeDay ☕️ 🤔 Who else is on a coffee (or tea) break right now? ESA astronaut @AstroSamantha waiting for a brew (left) and enjoying her first drink from the then new ISSpresso machine on 3 May 2015. 🔗
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@esaspaceflight
Human Spaceflight
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Geology revelations from Earth to the Moon with @Astro_Rosemary . “It is fascinating to realise how we have come so far. Going from almost zero geological knowledge to answering complex scientific questions is quite challenging, but incredibly exciting,” says Rosemary about her
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@esaspaceflight
Human Spaceflight
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Marvel at Earth's beauty from the International @Space_Station and spot a few satellites as they orbit our blue planet. 👀🌍🛰️
@Astro_Jeanette
Jeanette J. Epps, PhD
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So many times the views from the @Space_Station cupola give us pause as we absorb the indescribable beauty in front of us. A time lapse of a rich star field cascading down and peeking through the Earth’s translucent upper atmosphere several weeks ago was just such a moment. Soak
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@ESA_History
ESA space history
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📷 Preview of the traditional @ASE_Astronauts group photo, taken this morning at ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, at #ASE2024 . 🤔How many space explorers can you identify? More details at
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@esaspaceflight
Human Spaceflight
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📘A book for a mission full of firsts. 🧑🏼‍🚀 @astro_marcus presented the #Muninn book at the Göteborg Book Fair, Sweden's largest literary event. 🚀 Join Marcus's space adventure & download the Muninn book: 🇬🇧 English: 🇸🇪 Swedish:
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@NASA_Orion
Orion Spacecraft
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At @NASAKennedy technicians have successfully joined the #Artemis III @ESA Service Module built by Airbus with the Crew Module Adapter built by Lockheed Martin. This service module will propel Orion to Lunar vicinity where we will transfer the crew to the lander ahead of descent
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@esascience
ESA Science
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🍿 Have you seen the Rosalind Franklin rover series yet? 🛞 Ep. 1 looks at how the rover will be scouting the Red Planet using a wheel walking technique 🔩 Ep. 2 has the rover digging deep below the surface of Mars Watch them here 👉
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@esa
European Space Agency
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🌓 Our ESA/DLR LUNA Analog Facility opened on Wednesday! 🌓 To celebrate, @coldplay sent us a sneak preview of the title track ft. @Jon_Hopkins_ from their new album #MoonMusic , which is released next week! 🔗 @ESA_de @esaspaceflight @DLR_en @DLR_de
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