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Human Spaceflight

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Human Spaceflight

@esaspaceflight

Sharing news on Europe's human and robotic exploration, from astronaut training to the next giant leap to the Moon and Mars.

Estec, Noordwijk

Joined March 2011

Human Spaceflight
@esaspaceflight
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The hunt for water on the Moon is 🔛 @esa'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 esa.int/prospect
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@esaspaceflight
Jun 9
Replying to @esaspaceflight @astro_luca and 3 others
🚀 Our first two European Service Modules powered the Artemis I and Artemis II missions - now our third European Service Module will propel again the next flight, its engines used by Artemis III pilot @astro_luca to test the technologies we need to go back to the Moon 👨‍🚀🌙
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Human Spaceflight
@esaspaceflight
Jun 9
Replying to @esaspaceflight @astro_luca and @NASAArtemis
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano: ✈️ +2000 hours flying time on 40 types of aircraft 🌌 366 days in space, International @Space_Station commander, +30 hours spacewalking 👨‍🚀 ESA liaison at @NASA_Johnson, CAPCOM & training @esa astronauts 🌊 Artemis Underway Recovery Test 12 🚀 Artemis
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Human Spaceflight
@esaspaceflight
Jun 9
👨‍🚀🌕 Congratulations to @astro_luca on being assigned as @NASAArtemis III pilot! 🚀
European Space Agency
@esa
Jun 9
Our astronaut Luca Parmitano is assigned as pilot of NASA’s #ArtemisIII mission. With Europe powering Orion with the European Service Module, this mission will test the critical operations preparing for humankind's return to the Moon. A strong step forward for ESA–NASA
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NASA
@NASA
Jun 9
Replying to @NASA
“[My] launchpad is my country, Italy…The European Space Agency is like a launch tower… the rocket, literally and figuratively, is NASA.” @esa astronaut and Artemis III pilot @astro_luca shares words of gratitude.
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Human Spaceflight
@esaspaceflight
Jun 9
🌕 Our third European Service Module's journey so far, from Europe to Florida… now ready to power humankind's next great journey 🚀. 📢 Tune in at 17:30 CEST 🔗youtube.com/live/g9Upxj1Zj…
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NASA
@NASA
Jun 9
UPDATE: The Artemis III event will start at 11:30am ET (1530 UTC) on Tuesday, June 9!
NASA
@NASA
Jun 7
Coming soon: one of history’s most complex missions Tune in on Tuesday, June 9, at 11am ET, to meet the astronauts flying aboard Artemis III, the mission that will test docking capabilities with commercial landers in low Earth orbit — an important step to crewed lunar landings.
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@esaspaceflight
Jun 8
ESA will implement an astronaut mission to the International Space Station for the Czech Republic with @vast 🇨🇿👨‍🚀 Member of @esa's astronaut reserve @astro_ales is planned to serve as the mission’s pilot and would become the first Czech astronaut to visit the International
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European Space Agency
@esa
Jun 8
#WatchLive | Artemis III Tune in on 9 June at 17:00 CEST for a live update from NASA on the Artemis III mission. With the third European Service Module powering Orion, this mission marks a key step towards returning humans to the Moon. 🔗youtube.com/live/g9Upxj1Zj…
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Adenot Sophie
@Soph_astro
Jun 6
Day 113, orbit 1753 — I love robotic operations! 🦾 In this timelapse, controllers on the ground are repositioning Dextre, our robotic handyman currently installed at the end of the Canadarm2. They used Dextre to unload equipment from the unpressurised Dragon trunk. Such a
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@esaspaceflight
Jun 4
🔴 The remains of a vast body of water might be awaiting us on Mars. @esa's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will land where water once ran deeper and wider than previously thought. A new study points to an ancient bed of clay that could hold evidence of past life.
ExoMars rover targets vast bed of clay in search for life
From esa.int
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Human Spaceflight
@esaspaceflight
Jun 3
For the past ten years, @esa has partnered with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to encourage digital skills and scientific curiosity in young people through the Astro Pi Challenge, which includes Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab. ESA astronaut @Soph_astro was the ambassador for
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Adenot Sophie
@Soph_astro
Jun 3
Jour 110, orbite 1705 – On mouille, on shampouine, on rinçe, puis on laisse sécher à l’air libre… Sur le papier, pas de grande différence entre se laver les cheveux dans l’espace ou sur Terre ! Dans les faits… 🎥 @esa / @NASA #εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @Space_Station
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