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6 years ago

Follow live: Magically exploring ‘the Moon’ from afar
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As Europe sleeps, in the early hours of Wednesday 25 September, a small rover in Canada will explore a mock lunar surface, controlled from ESA’s ESOC operations centre in Germany.
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6 years ago

A new journey into Earth for space exploration
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Six astronauts, five space agencies and a fresh start into underground worlds to help prepare for living on other planets. ESA’s latest training adventure will equip an international crew with skills to explore uncharted terrains on the Moon and Mars, this time with a focus on the search for water.
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6 years ago

Lunar plant pot
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Technology image of the week: ESA's lunar 3D printing competition winner with a printed version of her design
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6 years ago

Subsea scouting
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Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Lunar exploration goes to the next level in the NEEMO NXT mission
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6 years ago

Register now for ESA’s Moon-themed Open Day
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Registrations are now open for ESA’s Open Day in the Netherlands on Sunday 6 October – your chance to meet astronauts, space experts and see behind the scenes of Europe’s space adventure at ESA’s largest establishment.
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6 years ago

Register now for ESA’s Moon-themed Open Day
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Registrations are now open for ESA’s Open Day in the Netherlands on Sunday 6 October – your chance to meet astronauts, space experts and see behind the scenes of Europe’s space adventure at ESA’s largest establishment.
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6 years ago

Register now for ESA’s Moon-themed Open Day
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UPDATE: REGISTRATIONS NOW FULLY BOOKED Registrations are now open for ESA’s Open Day in the Netherlands on Sunday 6 October – your chance to meet astronauts, space experts and see behind the scenes of Europe’s space adventure at ESA’s largest establishment.
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6 years ago

Seeking innovative ideas for exploring lunar caves
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How would you design a system to detect, map and explore caves on the Moon? Our latest hunt for ideas is seeking novel initiatives that address this question.
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6 years ago

Thomas Pesquet on a new underwater lunar adventure
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Over the next two weeks ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Drew Feustel and Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai will take part in a new NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) mission off the coast of California, USA, to assess concepts for undersea training that will aid our next steps on the Moon.
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6 years ago

Asteroid's surprise close approach illustrates need for more eyes on the sky
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On 25 July, an asteroid the size of a football field flew by Earth, coming within 65 000 km of our planet’s surface during its closest approach – about one fifth of the distance to the Moon.
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