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Smile leaving Saint-Nazaire in France

Smile team poses in front of the spacecraft container

View of Smile in the Maritime Nantaise’s Colibri ship

Smile is loaded into a ship at the Port of Amsterdam

Smile arrives at the Port of Amsterdam by truck

Smile’s ride to French Guiana

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot during one of her first workouts at the start of the εpsilon mission.

The Gateway concept

Uranus (January 2025)

Uranus collage (January 2025, annotated)

NASA Dynamics Explorer images the northern lights

Galaxy field of low-surface-brightness galaxy CDG-2

Dark galaxy CDG-2 near Perseus Cluster (annotated)

ROSAT X-ray image of sky

ROSAT X-ray image of sky, with the X-rays from Earth’s magnetosphere present (left) and removed (right)

Sophie Adenot entering the International Space Station

Crew-12 inside the International Space Station

The SpaceX Dragon carrying four Crew-12 members, including ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, nears the International Space Station for a docking to the Harmony module’s space-facing port.

Radio contact with the International Space Station – facts and figures

Radio contact with the International Space Station

Crew-12 Walkout with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot

εpsilon launch

Artist impression of the planetary system around the star LHS 1903

ESA medical doctor Sarah Gaier tests water from the recycling system at Concordia station in Antarctica

The Egg Nebula

Sophie Adenot in her intravehicular suit

εpsilon launch kit front page

Crew-12 upon their arrival at the Kennedy Space Center

Crew-12 in front of a SpaceX booster

Map of the area around Flaugergues Crater (video context)

Approaching Flaugergues Crater (bird’s-eye view)

Overhead perspective of Flaugergues Crater

Columbus KA-band antenna installation

The Artemis II rocket with the full Moon on its launchpad

Artemis II rocket in space

Artemis II rocket fairing jettison

Orion and European Service Module in Artemis II rocket

Artemis II rocket - artist impression

Cutaway view of Artemis II rocket with Orion and European Service Module

Cutaway view of Artemis II rocket with Orion and European Service Module

Space risks – Fighting radiation

ESA's second European Service Module with its four solar array wings undeployed.

Parts of the Orion spacecraft: the Crew Module, Crew Module Adapter and European Service Module

Artemis II: crew and service module separate shortly before reentry into Earth's atmosphere

An infographic showing Orion, the European Service Module and its 33 engines

Artemis II: Orion and its European Service Module head back to Earth

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