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Watch the docking live
Watch ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov arrive at the International Space Station after a two-day flight in their Soyuz spacecraft. Coverage starts at 07:20 GMT...
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Warming up Kubik
ESA's Kubik centrifuge and incubator. Credits: ESA One of the first things to do when the Soyuz spacecraft TMA-18M arrives at the International Space Station on 4 September is putting preserved human...
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Flight day 3 schedule
European Columbus laboratory on International Space Station. Credits: ESA Tomorrow Andreas Mogensen will arrive at the International Space Station at around 07:42 GMT with the hatches between the two...
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Road to rendezvous
At 02:51 GMT this morning commander Sergei Volkov, Andreas Mogensen and Aidyn Aimbetov radioed in with ground control and were informed of the expected thruster burns that will take their Soyuz...
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Docking confirmed to the International Space Station
Soyuz TMA-18M approaching International Space Station. Credits: ESA After a two-day flight in space, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov arrived at the...
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Not your typical Bistro
The BiSTRO experiment is one of two investigations for iriss organised by ESA’s MELiSSA team. Melissa’s goal is to build a closed ecosystem that astronauts could take with them when exploring our Solar...
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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen begins busy International Space Station tour
Full house on the International Space Station. ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen arrived at the Internation Space Station today after a two-day flight with Soyuz spacecraft commander Sergei Volkov and...
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Snacking in space, what does it taste like?
A microscope image of Arthrospira bacteria that are known as Spirulina. One of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen’s more filling experiments will see him tasting muesli bars developed by ESA’s MELiSSA team...
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Looking back on a long first day
When Andreas Mogensen arrived at the International Space Station today at 10:15 GMT he had already been awake over 10 hours but had a few tasks on his planning to do. Unpacking some important items...
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Flight day 4 schedule
Aquamembrane return kit. Credits: Danish Aerospace Company Flight day 4, Saturday, is an important day for the Aquamembrane experiment that will see if a new type of membrane that filters water without...
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Supporting Aquamembrane on Earth
ESA works with seven User Support and Operations Centres, or USOCs,throughout Europe that offer support for specific experiments and hardware on the International Space Station. Odense in Denmark....
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Ask Andreas Mogensen a question while he is in space
On Tuesday 8 September all nine astronauts on the International Space Station will gather to discuss their mission during a news that will be broadcast by live on NASA Television at 14:10 GMT. ESA is...
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AAUSAT5 CubeSat gets extended stay on the International Space Station
AAUSAT5. Credits: Aalborg University AAUSAT-5 is a small satellite designed and built by a team of students from Aalborg University in Denmark, supported by their professors and the ESA Education...
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Flight day 5 schedule
Andreas Mogensen wearing SkinSuit (right). Credits: ESA On flight day 5, Sunday, Andreas will continue testing the space snacks, Demes, and put on SkinSuit for the first time in space. Before and...
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Flight day 4 recap
Andreas Mogensen working on Aquamembrane experiment. Credits: ESA/NASA Andreas setup and completed the Aquamembrane experiment over the course of the whole day and literally wrapped the experiment up,...
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Watch Interact experiment live
Interact robot hand. Credits: ESA Flight day 6, Monday 7 September 2015, will be an exciting day as Andreas Mogensen will operate a robotic arm from space. With Interact, ESA’s Telerobotics and Haptics...
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Flight day 6 schedule
Interact robot. Credits: ESA Flight day 6 is an exciting and busy day for Andreas Mogensen as he will be operating a robot hand on Earth from space. The Interact Centaur rover incorporates a pair of...
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Initial setup of 3D visualisation
3DVit screenshot showing Interact setup. Credits: ESA As a run-up to testing a 3D visualisation on board training tool, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen transferred the 3DViT training content from the...
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On Board Training for Interact
Interact robot hand. Credits: ESA On flight day six, Monday, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will control a robotic “hand” on Earth while floating on the International Space Station. The Centaur robot...
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The Mares machine
The Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System, or Mares for short, is a muscle-measurement machine on the International Space Station that monitors astronauts’ muscles as they work out. Muscle...
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