Leading the way to space 🎧👨‍🚀

Tune into our #ESAExplores podcast with Alexander Gerst about his role as head of astronaut operations at European Space Agency's European Astronaut Centre 🇩🇪, guiding the next generation of space explorers on their adventures 🚀🌌

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#HappyBirthday 🎂 to #ESA 's Samantha Cristoforetti Cristoforetti 🇮🇹 (26 April)! Samantha is a veteran of 2 missions to International Space Station: #Futura in 2014 & #MissionMinerva 🦉in 2022
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🎉 The icing on top 🍰😋 This week, we're over the moon celebrating our newest astronauts officially joining the European Space Agency astronaut corps 🎓

Cheers to completing one year of basic training! Here's to our astronauts and everyone supporting them on their journey to the stars 🌟

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ESA is contributing three elements to NASA's Gateway Program: the Lunar I-Hab, Lunar View and Lunar Link (plus instruments and equipment in other modules). Human Spaceflight astronauts will join those from @NASA, Canadian Space Agency, JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and وكالة الإمارات للفضاء to work aboard #Gateway on NASA Artemis…

And while a #cavenaut launches to space, another one goes for a spacewalk

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How can we use what we find on the Moon and Mars for space exploration instead of bringing everything from Earth? 🌑🔴

Find out more on in-situ space resource utilisation and how we can make exploration more sustainable 🚀🌱

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Hip hip hooray 🎓🎉 We're still celebrating the graduation of European Space Agency's astronauts! Read all about their accomplishments, aspirations and what lies ahead in this new chapter of space exploration 👩‍🚀👨‍🚀🚀
#ESAastro2022 #TheHoppers

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A space mission doesn't end at splashdown 💦🪂

Health was in focus for Andreas Mogensen's Huginn mission; understanding how the human body handles long-duration missions in space🔬🧪

Samples and data are still to be analysed by the science teams on Earth to bring more knowledge…

Congratulations again 🤗 to my dear European Space Agency #Hoppers colleagues - now that you all got your wings you are ready to abandon gravity. ✈️🚀 Adenot Sophie Pablo Álvarez Rosemary Coogan Marco Sieber Raphaël Liégeois Katherine Bennell-Pegg John McFall DLR_de

⏯️ Catch the replay of the #ESAastro2022 graduation ceremony 🎓 Relive the excitement and celebrate their incredible journey to becoming fully-certified astronauts 👩‍🚀👨‍🚀 #TheHoppers

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Today’s graduation marks the end of basic training, bringing the number of @ESA astronauts to 11, and coming from 8 Member States. Thanks to this enlarged family, we are ensuring both our long-term participation in key programs such as the International Space Station and Artemis.…