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Diet tracker in space14 September 2017
Diet tracker in space14 September 2017 Whether you are on a diet or just want to be healthier, you might be one of those millions of people around the planet who use a mobile app to track everything you eat. The trend has arrived in space: European astronauts are now logging their meals on...
A patch of health11 September 2017
A patch of health11 September 2017 During Thomas Pesquet's six-month Proxima mission on the International Space Station ESA monitored his health carefully, as it does for all ESA astronauts. Ranging from tests of their physical fitness to analysis of their blood, ESA’s specialists pro...
Paolo’s point and click adventure with Justin from space 07 September 2017
Paolo’s point and click adventure with Justin from space 07 September 2017 Last month ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli operated a rover in Germany from the International Space Station. Part of ESA’s METERON project, the experiment with German Aerospace Center DLR’s robot, nicknamed Rollin’ Justin, is about developing ways to allo...
ESA retrieves NASA astronauts with new procedure in wake of hurricane03 September 2017 Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronauts Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson returned to Earth this morning after their stay on the International Space Station, landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan. From there, Jack and Peggy flew to ESA’s E...
Galileo arrives on the Space Station26 July 2017
Galileo arrives on the Space Station26 July 2017 If one’s good, two are better, and this is especially true when it comes to developing new applications for navsat systems like Galileo and GPS. That’s why an experiment on the International Space Station will start receiving signals from both simulta...
Ice Cubes – cool new commercial opportunity on the International Space Station20 June 2017 Today ESA’s Director of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration David Parker signed an agreement with Space Applications Services for the first commercial European opportunity to conduct research in space.
