Future space explorers are getting on their marks to invade gyms and train like astronauts for the 2013…
One of the greatest threats to the health of astronauts is space radiation. Energetic particles travelling through space…
Many different creatures have joined astronauts in space. Like people, most of them find it hard to adapt…
A splashdown in the ocean usually marks the end of an astronaut’s mission, but for ESA astronaut Timothy…
Medical emergencies can just as easily happen in space as on the ground. However, treatment of the casualties…
After a long day working in orbit, there is nothing like a good night’s sleep! However, sleeping is…
For most of their time in orbit, crews are fully occupied with housekeeping, repairs and scientific experiments. But…
Astronauts are far from the shops, so they have to rely on regular deliveries of food. Every few…
Imagine walking in space and flying around the Earth at more than 27,000 km/h! This is what hundreds…
If you don’t like exercise, then life on a space station is not for you! Each crew member…
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli landed back on Earth this morning after a 159-day mission to the International Space…
A space mission may last anything from a week to six months, but what happens when the crew…
At 10.55 am on the morning of 12 April 1961, a man wearing an orange flight suit and…
A key part of an astronaut’s job is to study how things work without gravity. For over 20…
Construction of the International Space Station, the largest object ever to orbit Earth, is now almost completed. Although…
The fascination with space is a central element in Universal Picture’s Despicable Me, available in Blu-ray and DVD…
For centuries, people dreamed about leaving Earth and travelling to other worlds. Then, in 1957, the Soviet Union…
10 years after the first expeditionary crew arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), the latest mission to…
Would you like to see your own space artwork on the ESA Kids site? Here’s your chance! Every…
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