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The Artemis II rocket at its launchpad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Inspector Smile, chapter 1: the dark side of the Sun

Heart-shaped mountin in Bolivia

Last glimpse of Smile

Smile meets Vega-C

European cumulative times in space

Longest European space missions

Aleš Svoboda in ART training

Arnaud Prost during a Space Station Operational Documentation Overview lesson.

Amelie Schoenenwald during robotics training

Amelie Schoenenwald during VR robotics training

Arnaud Prost during VR robotics training

Meganne Christian during VR robotics training

Hubble image of barred spiral galaxy IC 486

ISS over Earth, picture by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot

Saturn (2024 Webb & Hubble images)

Sophie Adenot shared for the first time some of her bonus food with her Expedition 74 crewmates

First tasting of 'bonus food' by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and Expedition 74

Smile fuelled for launch

Where to find gamma-Cas in the night sky

Gamma-Cas and its hungry white dwarf companion

The secret life of gamma-Cas, revealed

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot ready for a PhysioTool session

Sophie Adenot and Jessica Meir equipped with PhysioTool and T-Mini

Crab Nebula (2024 Hubble image)

Orbital science on the International Space Station

Power to the Space Station – Solar arrays

Power to the Space Station – Facts and figures

International Space Station: partnerships and assembly timeline

Artemis II rocket back at its launchpad after a second rollout at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Dining on the Space Station: infographic

Types of food in space: infographic

The space menu: infographic

Gateway blueprint

First picture from Cupola by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot during the εpsilon mission

Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS; Nov 2025)

Path of comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot is seen preparing for an EchoFinder session aboard the International Space Station during the εpsilon mission.

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway are seen preparing for an EchoFinder session aboard the International Space Station during the εpsilon mission.

Space Station visiting vehicles

Fictional planet Persephone

Preparing for a spacewalk

Out in space during a spacewalk

Coming back: Spacewalk infographic

EMU spacesuit

Spacewalk spacesuits infographic

Temperatures on the Space Station

ESA astronauts on the International Space Station

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