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International Space Station

The International Space Station with ESA’s Columbus laboratory flies 400 km high at speeds that defy gravity – literally. At 28 800 km/h it only takes 90 minutes for the weightless laboratory to make a complete circuit of Earth. Astronauts working and living on the Station experience 16 sunrises and sunsets each day.

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(English) ACES: time for science

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(English) 7 things you didn’t know about ACES

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(English) The clocks of ACES

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International Space Station

(English) 2001: a space odyssey for the first European woman on ISS

(English) On this day in 2001, former ESA astronaut Claudie Haigneré became the first European woman to visit the International Space Station.

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International Space Station

(English) Fly! Expanding space opportunities

(English) Space missions come with a unique set of challenges – while these are hurdles that every astronaut must overcome, space agencies had not, up to this day, interrogated their impact on an astronaut with a physical disability. 

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International Space Station

(English) Europe’s robotic arm excels in first two years on Space Station

(English) The European Robotic Arm (ERA) completed its first two years in space with the successful installation of a radiator and an airlock for the International Space Station.

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