Sharing news on Europe's human and robotic exploration, from astronaut training to the next giant leap to the Moon and Mars.https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.inthttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mlo5vu5sus2v"Day 088, orbit 1365 — A short timelapse of what looks like a very simple task: swapping a hard drive 🔧. Except that it all happens in microgravity, inside the Zero Boil‑Off Tank (ZBOT)," explains esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot. 🎥 ESA/NASA/POIC Huntsville12 May 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo5vu5sus2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mlikzopjis2u"Day 086, orbit 1330 — Sunday morning science with Sophie, episode 6: Surfing with water properties in space - the cohesion of water molecules🏄‍♀️", publishes esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot. 🎥 ESA/NASA #εpsilon10 May 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlikzopjis2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mlg73yr6ac2u"Day 085, orbit 1316 — Did you know you can spot the ISS using only your eyes? (...) Check out spotthestation.nasa.gov! I won’t be able to see you, but I’m thinking of you from up here!" – esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot 📸 NASA/ESA – S. Adenot 
 🎥 ESA (actual elapsed time: 30 min)09 May 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlg73yr6ac2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mlbjuklkg22u"Day 083, orbit 1282 — Did you know that a convex lens can bend light? (...) In microgravity, this phenomenon can be recreated very simply… using water", explains esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot. 🎥 ESA/NASA07 May 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbjuklkg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mlaso4nz522kAn ExoMars mini-capsule is back at @esa.int after surviving aerodynamic tests, free-flying at 4300 km per hour. Met a curious robot. Talked of Mars and the Rosalind Franklin rover... https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/05/Sensitive_and_sturdy07 May 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaso4nz522khttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3ml6xlxj3bs2u"Day 082, orbit 1270 — This video shows routine maintenance of the ISS toilet system. I’m replacing the solid‑waste container, in which solid waste is kept airtight; this typically takes place every 10 days, when the container reaches capacity", explains esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot. #εpsilon06 May 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6xlxj3bs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3ml6pks5cac25We're going lunar. 🌚 Next year, @esa.int's parabolic flight campaign is dedicated to Moon gravity, simulating 1/6 of Earth's pull. Our coordinator Neil Melville breaks down the science and tech we want to fly... while floating on a @airzerog.bsky.social plane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMy4AyGJxME06 May 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6pks5cac25https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mkzxvjjw7s2u"Day 080, orbit 1241 — New dawn, new possibilities… 16 times a day! (...) No two sunrises are ever the same, depending on the clouds, their shapes, and whether we’re flying over ocean or land…", says esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot. https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/05/New_dawn_new_possibilities_16_times_a_day #εpsilon04 May 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzxvjjw7s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mkze6bnvek2k#DYK: Star Wars didn’t just visit galaxies far, far away… It also filmed right here in Europe 🌍✨ Do you know where? Cast your vote 👇 🌊 Lake Como, Italy 🌋 Pico del Teide, Spain 🏙️ Paris, France ❄️ Euboea, Greece #MayThe4thBeWithYou 💫 #StarWarsDay04 May 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkze6bnvek2khttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mkwuf4xsjs2lDay 079, orbit 1222 — Sunday morning science with @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot, episode 5: Water and convex lenses, part II.   🎥 ESA/NASA #εpsilon03 May 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwuf4xsjs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mkumediwok2l"Day 078, orbit 1208 — Another fun timelapse! This one offers a real behind-the-scenes look at a different aspect of the mission: communication. For many astronauts, free time is a chance to share this incredible experience of living and working in space!", says @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot.02 May 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkumediwok2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mkrv3ejib22l"Day 077 orbit 1191 — 💐 The 1st of May isn’t a public holiday on the Station, but it feels like a good time to share a simple message with you: take care of yourselves, and take care of our planet. Many thanks to all the teams supporting us today 🫶", says @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot.01 May 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrv3ejib22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mkq24eumv22l"Day 076, orbit 1179 — Weighing yourself in weightlessness isn’t really about weight… it’s about mass. We use a special device that moves our body up and down because mass stays exactly the same, whether you’re on Earth or floating in orbit," explains @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot. 🎥 ESA/NASA30 Apr 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq24eumv22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mknfpu66qc2l"Day 075, orbit 1164 — Living and working aboard a spacecraft means being ready to react quickly if an alarm sounds or something doesn’t seem right (...) the emergency equipment is strategically placed & kept easily accessible", explains @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot. https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/04/Personal_Breathing_Apparatus_check29 Apr 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknfpu66qc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mkihopg73k2l"Day 073, orbit 1133 – Beautiful #Lanzarote, an island shaped by volcanic eruptions 🌋 (...), often used as an analogue for the Moon or Mars, including by ESA teams during the @exploration.esa.int PANGAEA training programme", says @esa.int astronaut S. Adenot. #εpsilon 🔗 https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/04/Lanzarote_Spain27 Apr 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkihopg73k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mkfaxki5hc2v"Day 072, orbit 1113 — Sunday morning science with Sophie, episode 5: Water and convex lenses." – @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot   🎥 ESA/NASA #εpsilon26 Apr 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfaxki5hc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mkdau24km22v"Day 071, orbit 1099 — A timelapse of an essential part of life onboard the ISS: stowing equipment/putting things back where they belong. A more thorough tidy‑up is sometimes needed; in this case, it was to make room for E4D, our new European exercise device" – @esa.int astronaut S. Adenot #εpsilon25 Apr 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdau24km22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mkcovpvhrk23Times flies 🚀 Some 25 years ago, @esa.int astronaut Umberto Guidoni 🇮🇹 became the first European to reach the International Space Station. Umberto rocketed into orbit on space shuttle Endeavour. @eurospacehistory.bsky.social @ita.esa.int25 Apr 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcovpvhrk23https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mkaoitqrgk2v"Day 070, orbit 1085 — In microgravity, astronauts’ eyes can be affected because fluids in the body shift upward, changing the pressure around/inside the eyes. (...) Changes related to the SANS syndrome are usually reversible after our return to 1 g." – @esa.int astronaut S. Adenot. 📸 ESA/NASA24 Apr 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaoitqrgk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mk6ectmyvc2v"Day 069, orbit 1071 — The gyroscope, key to maintaining a spacecraft attitude in space 🌀 The Station relies on four Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs), large spinning wheels that use angular momentum to keep it properly oriented," explains @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot. 🎥 NASA/ESA23 Apr 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6ectmyvc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mk63pbd7lc2l🔬 On World Laboratory Day, we take you to Earth's most remote lab: Concordia station in Antarctica ❄️ Isolated, confined and cold, research in this extreme environment prepares us for life in space 🌌 https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/04/Earth_s_most_remote_laboratory23 Apr 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk63pbd7lc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mk5swsp4zk2p📅 100 days 👥 6 volunteers 🔒 1 sealed research facility What happens to us when we're cut off from the world? The SOLIS100 study has officially begun in Germany to study the effects of isolation on humans: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/SOLIS100_isolation_study_begins_in_Germany23 Apr 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5swsp4zk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mk3jbefbus2v"Day 068, Orbit 1054 — Opening the shutters in the morning: what a beautiful way to start the day! 🌍" – @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot #εpsilon 🎥 NASA/ESA22 Apr 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3jbefbus2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mjyp5qnscs2v"Day 066, orbit 1021 – As our trajectory carries us over the Kazakh steppe, bathed in shades of beige and ochre – home to Soyuz lift‑offs and landings – Lake Balkhash suddenly comes into view, a vivid oasis in turquoise tones", shared esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot yesterday on social media.21 Apr 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyp5qnscs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mjrtsh2ng225Day 064, orbit 0994 — #WorldAmateurRadioDay "Huge thanks to the ARISS educational programme teams and to all the radio amateurs who create a direct link between young people and astronauts, turning space exploration into a personal and memorable experience." – @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot18 Apr 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:ifircmauayohwtr3hftg5ge3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrtsh2ng225