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European Space Agency, Luna
For European astronauts, this place in Germany is the next best thing to the moon
It will be years before the European Space Agency can send one of its astronauts to the moon, but the agency says it’s time to start practicing as it opened a facility in Germany that will let astronauts train in conditions like those on the lunar surface.
European Astronauts Train for Future Moon Missions in Lunar Simulator
European astronauts trained for future moon missions on Wednesday in a lunar simulator in Germany. The European Space Agency (ESA) has negotiated for three spots on future moon missions under the NASA-led Artemis program by 2030, depending on the program's progress.
Walking on the Moon in Cologne: Europe's lunar life simulator
A large, ordinary-looking warehouse in the German city of Cologne is the closest you can get to walking on the Moon -- without leaving Earth.
New lunar training facility unveiled to prepare astronauts for future moon missions
The European Space Agency is preparing for future moon missions by opening a new training facility in Germany.
Moon's surface reproduced in Europe to prepare for future missions
Europe is seeking to place itself at the forefront of missions to the Moon with a facility covering almost 1,000 square metres that reproduces the lunar surface to train astronauts for future missions.
New LUNA facility will prepare astronauts for moon landings
Astronauts from around the world will use it to train for missions to the moon.A new mock-up of the moon's surface has opened near Cologne in Germany. A decade in the making, the LUNA analog facility is jointly built by The European Space Agency and the German Aerospace Center.
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Space travel is dangerous. Could genetic testing and gene editing make it safer?
Astronauts and commercial space travelers are subject to damaging radiation and microgravity, along with other potential ...
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ESA’s PLATO Mission Offers Hard-Won Lessons In Space Management
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) ambitious PLATO mission, due for launch in December 2026, has been enabled in large part by ...
Politico Europe
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Europe launches its first space commissioner straight into a budget scrap
Despite not having much experience on space, Andrius Kubilius is tipped to be running EU rocket and satellite policy.
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Side-by-side images from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes show why NASA spent 25 years and $10 billion on the Webb
NASA's Webb Space Telescope keeps spotting details no one has seen before: countless galaxies, clouds of dust birthing new ...
The Next Web
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ESA’s new ‘Moon on Earth’ can launch a ‘European renaissance’ in spacetech
The futuristic new LUNA facility has attracted gushing praise from Europe's spacetech startups. Can the site boost the ...
Space.com
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1st results of XRISM X-ray space telescope reveal black hole and supernova secrets
XRISM allowed astronomers to track plasma as it circled the supermassive black hole at a distance of around 0.1 light-years ...
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Orion spacecraft can shield Artemis astronauts from deep-space radiation, study shows
Data from NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission has provided valuable space radiation measurements, which validate spacecraft ...
devdiscourse
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Exploring Space Radiation, Future Pears, and Delayed NASA Missions
The summary covers testing of spaceflight radiation exposure using mannequins and sensors, Belgian scientists' efforts to ...
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Sweden joins India's Venus mission, continuing space ties
Sweden is set to send an instrument developed by its Institute of Space Physics for India's Venus Orbiter Mission, recently ...
Space on MSN
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US Space Force partners with India to open a microchip factory for next-gen tech
The United States is partnering with India to establish a new factory that will manufacture microchips to enable ...
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There’s growing momentum for global space sustainability policy
International efforts to address the risks posed by the increasing volume of space debris have expanded in recent years.
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