Born: 25 April, 1961Nationality: BelgianFamily: married and has three childrenHobbies: football, small PC applications and gastronomy Frank graduated…
Born: 26 April 1977 Nationality: ItalianHobbies: hiking, scuba diving, caving, swimming, running, weight training and yoga.Other interests include…
Born: 19 November 1958 Nationality: FrenchFamily: married and has two childrenHobbies: racquet sports, skill games, canyoning, skiing, boomerang,…
It’s good to be given a hand by someone. But what about several hands, super strength, infrared eyes…
A typical stay on board the International Space Station (ISS) lasts about six months. But how do the…
The largest building site in space is nearing completion. On 8 February, Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched from…
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to float in mid-air, like an astronaut on a…
When you add an ice cube to a glass of water it floats to the surface, but what…
You are not the only ones going back to school this month! ESA’s new astronaut recruits reported this…
You do not have to be superman or superwoman to fly in space. Many men and women, from…
Six ‘astronauts’ have returned to the real world after spending 105 days on a simulated mission to Mars.…
Following the success of an earlier competition to name the OasISS mission, ESA is now asking Europeans to…
ESA astronaut Frank De Winne is heading to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month…
With the International Space Station (ISS) now almost complete, Europe’s human spaceflight programme is looking to the future.…
There’s no shower on the ISS. Do you know how astronauts manage to keep themselves clean? There’s no…
On 31 March 2009, six people set off for Mars …. well almost. The crew is actually taking…
The Solar System contains eight planets orbiting our local star, the Sun. But did you know that there…
In 2008, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting…
ESA’s four Cluster spacecraft have found that Earth and other planets have a way of shouting “I’m here!”…
Europeans are now making regular flights to the International Space Station. By 2020, they may be setting foot…
After a mission lasting 12 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes and 55 seconds, Atlantis is back on Earth.
Columbus laboratory installed on the International Space Station.
After an unexpected delay due to a faulty fuel sensor on the US Space Shuttle, ESA’s Columbus laboratory…
In 1492, a small fleet of ships led by the Genoese navigator, Christopher Columbus, discovered the Americas. Now,…
Harmony has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). On 26 October, spacewalkers Scott Parazynski and Douglas Wheelock…
The 23rd Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) successfully got under way on 23 October.…
As part of worldwide activities to celebrate the 50 years of space exploration, Polish children and students presented…
On 4 October 1957, a modified Soviet missile lifted off from Kazakhstan carrying a small metal ball –…
Step aside France, Italy and Germany. In the world of robo-soccer, Austria is king. This 21st century form…
An alien flying past the Earth could hardly fail to notice that our blue planet is largely covered…
