Human Spaceflight
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🪥🚀 Today's unexpected EVA tool: a toothbrush! As part of a lubrication task during today's spacewalk, European Space Agency astronaut Adenot Sophie used one to transfer grease to bolt inserts near the antenna worksite outside the International International Space Station. Not every spacewalk tool looks like it belongs in space. 😁✨ #εpsilon
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🔓✨ The hatch is open! @Soph_Astro stepped outside the International International Space Station for the first time. This is the 31st spacewalk by a European astronaut, the first for European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and the first by a French woman astronaut. 👩🚀🎉
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Diaries from the cave. Five astronauts, four days, three space agencies. European Space Agency ESA CAVES & PANGAEA ESA_Italia NASA's Johnson Space Center NASA's Johnson Space Center JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Rosemary Coogan John McFall Ben Bailey Ayu Yoneda / 米田あゆ
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🪢🚀 New workout unlocked: rope pulling in space European Space Agency astronaut Adenot Sophie has activated and begun testing Europe's new E4D exercise device on board the International International Space Station, including its rope-pulling mode — a new addition to the range of workouts available in orbit. 💪 🔗
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Wherever you are on planet Earth, Adenot Sophie has a message for you: "This solar eclipse is a beautiful reminder of the clockwork of our Solar System. Enjoy it. Stay curious." Our European Space Agency astronaut is watching the eclipse from the Cupola windows on the International International Space Station 🫶
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⚠️ Boulders. Craters. Martian winds. Any one of these could end a Mars landing before it begins. European Space Agency crash-tested a replica of the #ExoMars Rosalind Franklin lander through worst-case touchdown scenarios. It held 💪 🎥 Thales Alenia Space ALTEC ADS Group ESA_Italia
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👀 Behind the scenes tour of European Space Agency's Eagle #Artemis II mission control room 🌙
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Are you ready for an out-of-this-world graduation? 🎓🎉 It's been a year since our astronaut candidates began their basic training at European Space Agency's European Astronaut Centre 👩🚀👨🚀💫 On 22 April, Adenot Sophie, @Astro_Pablo_A, Rosemary Coogan, Raphaël Liégeois, Marco Sieber, and Katherine Bennell-Pegg from Australian Space Agency will graduate and officially become astronauts, ready for spaceflight! 🚀 Catch up on their journey here 👉 📺 Follow the #ESAastro2022 graduation ceremony live on #ESAWebTV on Monday, 22 April.
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Times flies 🚀 Some 25 years ago, European Space Agency astronaut Umberto Guidoni 🇮🇹 became the first European to reach the International International Space Station. Umberto rocketed into orbit on space shuttle Endeavour. The STS-100 mission included installing the Canadian Space Agency Canadarm2 robotic arm and delivering experiments. ESA_Italia Agenzia Spaziale ITA European Space History NASA History Office
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The hunt for water on the Moon is 🔛 European Space Agency's Prospect package will drill beneath the lunar South Pole in search of water ice and oxygen to fuel future exploration. Launch is set for 2027 🚀 👀 Curious about the mission? Meet Prospect at #ILA2026 or at The Open University Leonardo Space Intuitive Machines NASA #Space4Future
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Exactly 25 years ago, at 09:21 UTC, the era of continuous human presence on the International International Space Station began. Since Crew One took up residence in 2000, 21 European Space Agency astronauts have lived and worked on this orbital outpost, conducting essential research to benefit life on Earth.
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🪂 The largest parachute to ever fly on Mars deployed gracefully on Earth, slowing down an ESA_ExoMars dummy descent module for a safe touchdown. Watch this slow-motion footage captured from the capsule after its release at nearly 30 km above the Arctic Circle. 📽️ Vorticity
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Blade runner 🦿🏃♂️ For the first time, European Space Agency has tested the performance of a lower limb prosthesis in microgravity. Watch astronaut reserve John McFall pushing boundaries during the latest parabolic flight campaign on the Air ZeroG ✈️ aircraft. Inclusive space exploration with Fly!: 📸 European Space Agency/Ottobock UK/John McFall
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