Luca Parmitano

Astronauts are trained for emergencies that can occur in outer space but the European Space Agency's Luca Parmitano and NASA's Drew Morgan say they know their job is dangerous.

Our space correspondent Luca Parmitano answers a question on space exploration and whether we should focus more on the Moon or Mars.

Euronews space correspondent and station commander Luca Parmitano captured the 'Dragon' using a large robotic arm.

In this episode of Ask Our Astronaut, the European Space Agency's Luca Parmitano tells us more about time perception in the International Space Station.

Our space correspondent Luca Parmitano answers to another question of yours. Today, he tells us more about mental health in the International Space Station

"On the space station, we already recover 95% of the water onboard," explains Euronews space correspondent and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano.

In this episode, Luca's NASA astronaut colleague Andrew Morgan tells us more about intimacy in the International Space Station.

In Ask Our Astronaut, Luca Parmitano answers public questions. In the second episode, Luca gives us unique insights about the survival of plants in space.

In Ask Our Astronaut, Luca Parmitano answers public questions. In this first episode, Luca gives us unique insights about climate change from space.

Euronews space correspondent and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano has sent the latest instalment of Space Chronicles, a series in which he documents his experiences on the International Space Station (ISS) over a six-month period.

The astronauts on board the International Space Station often become human guinea pigs as they conduct experiments on themselves.

Euronews space correspondent and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano reports directly from space on spacewalks and extraterrestrial experiments.

From a machine that could 3D-print human organs in orbit to bacteria that could help develop a mining industry in space, our space correspondent Luca Parmitano explains the experiments he has been carrying out in his first month in orbit.

Astronaut, pilot and now DJ, Luca Parmitano has got it all. Euronews's space correspondent Luca Parmitano performed a DJ set that was literally out of this world on Tuesday night.

Since their arrival, the crew has been working hard. Getting used to life in space can be a challenge.

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.

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

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

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.