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Luca Parmitano reveals unique pre-flight astronaut rituals

Astronauts are trained to think rationally, ready at any moment to respond to danger with a clear head and nerves of steel. But behind the scientific facade, they are as superstitious as the rest of us, European Space Agency Astronaut Luca Parmitano reveals.

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Space leaders recall how the Apollo Moon landing gave them inspiration

To celebrate the anniversary, NASA has restored the old control room from which the Apollo-era flight directors oversaw the mission. It's a place of pilgrimage for their successors.

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See 360-degree view inside International Space Station

Panoramic images available through Google Earth show the areas inside the ISS where Luca Parmitano and his colleagues are spending six months of their Beyond mission.

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'No church or bar': Europe's space boss has plans for a moon village

As commemoration mark 50 years since man first stepped on the moon, Europe's space chief has been talking about his plans for Earth's natural satellite.

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Europe's Vega rocket lost after launch

A European Vega rocket carrying a satellite for the United Arab Emirates has been lost after launching on Wednesday.

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Watch: Italian astronaut 'emotional' ahead of space station launch

In the second of his Space Chronicles astronaut Luca Parmitano tells Euronews the crew are feeling emotional as the latest International Space Station mission launch gets closer

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Astronaut Luca Parmitano chronicles his mission for Euronews

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano has sent Euronews the first in a series of special messages to chronicle his mission to the International Space Station.

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What does it feel like to go to space?

On July 20, Luca Parmitano is scheduled to leave Earth on his second mission, becoming the first Italian to take up the role of International Space Station Commander.

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Europe's Mars rover named after DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin

"This name reminds us that it is in the human genes to explore," the European Space Agency said.

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European Union plans to play 'asteroid billiards' in new space mission

One example of the research being planned is how to protect our civilisation from asteroids potentially on a collision course with Earth.

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Mars Express snaps 'winter wonderland' photo of ice-filled crater

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express beamed back images of the Red Planet's Korolev crater covered with what appears to be a large patch of fresh, untrodden snow.

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European ISS Commander set to return to Earth

After almost 200 days in space, German astronaut Alexander Gerst is heading home. He officially handed command of the International Space Station over to Oleg Kononenko on December 18.

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Will ExoMars be the mission to find life on Mars?

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Will ExoMars be the mission to find life on Mars? Euronews is first to film Airbus' specially-built rover clean room and discuss the freshly-selected landing site with European and Russian experts.

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NASA robot to explore Jezero Crater for signs of past life in 2020

NASA has chosen the Jezero Crater as the landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover mission after a five-year search

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Europe's mission to hunt for life on Mars chooses its landing site

The joint ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars mission has chosen an area called Oxia Planum as its favoured landing site to look for life, now or in the past.

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#AskSpace | LIVE from Facebook: a special edition

#AskSpace | Could humans travel at the speed of light? What are the health consequences of staying in space for more than a year? Could you ride a bike on the Moon? Euronews' Jeremy Wilks and ESA's systems engineer Tiago Soares answered the questions LIVE on Facebook.

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Exclusive interview with BepiColombo mission's Andrea Accomazzo

As Europe counts down to the launch of its BepiColombo mission, Euronews talks with flight director Andrea Accomazzo.

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BepiColombo sets off to solve the mysteries of Mercury

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Mercury is a misfit in the solar system, an intriguing planet that science can't quite explain. The joint European and Japanese BepiColombo mission is setting off to explore the closest planet to the Sun in unprecedented detail.

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#AskSpace: Looking for life on moons of Jupiter and Saturn

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#AskSpace: Why not go to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn to look for life? Olivier Witasse, Project Scientist for ESA's JUICE mission has the answer.

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Europe's space mission to Mercury begins

By the time it reaches its science orbit in 2026, the probe will have travelled nine billion kms and completed nine planetary flybys past Earth, Venus and Mercury.

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