European Space Agency YouTube Update

Earth from Space: Crete

31-05-2013 07:31 PM CEST

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. 

Greece's largest and most populous island is featured in the sixty-seventh edition. See also the following link to download the image: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Earth_from_Space_Crete

Luca Parmitano's Volare begins

31-05-2013 07:23 PM CEST

Highlights of launch preparations to liftoff and weightlessness. ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, Russian Soyuz commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 28 May 2013. 

All three will be part of the Station's Expedition 36/37 crew. Luca's mission is named 'Volare' -- 'to fly' in Italian -- to symbolise the search for new frontiers and opportunities for discovery. 

The spacecraft lifted off from Baikonur spaceport at 20:31:24 GMT and reached orbit nine minutes later. In under six hours while orbiting Earth four times the Soyuz docked with the Rassvet module on the International Space Station.

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano arrives at Space Station

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano arrives at Space Station

29-05-2013 04:53 AM CEST

A Soyuz spacecraft launched from Kazakhstan last night safely docked with the International Space Station this morning, delivering ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and his crewmates to the orbital outpost where they will live and work for five months.

New Space Station Residents on Fast Track to Orbital Laboratory

New Space Station Residents on Fast Track to Orbital Laboratory

05/28/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Three new Expedition 36 crew members lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:31 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 28, (2:31 a.m.
 Kazakh time, Wednesday, May 29) on a six-hour flight to the International Space Station.

Soyuz docking

Soyuz docking

29-05-2013 04:31 AM CEST

Soyuz has docked with the International Space Station at 02:10 GMT

Expedition 36 Soyuz Launch

Expedition 36 Soyuz Launch

05/28/2013 12:00 AM EDT

A Soyuz rocket with Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Karen Nyberg of NASA, onboard, launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.

Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano will remain aboard the station until mid-November, 2013. 

Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Launch replay

Launch replay

28-05-2013 11:57 PM CEST

Full replay of the launch of Soyuz with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, NASA's Karen Nyberg and Soyuz commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, 28 May, 20:31 GMT

Liftoff replay

Liftoff replay

28-05-2013 11:07 PM CEST

Replay of the Liftoff of Soyuz with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, NASA's Karen Nyberg and Soyuz commander Fyodor Yurchikhin

Luca lifts off

Luca lifts off

28-05-2013 10:45 PM CEST

Liftoff of Soyuz with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, NASA's Karen Nyberg and Soyuz commander Fyodor Yurchikhin

European Space Agency YouTube Update

Final steps before launch

28-05-2013 07:19 PM CEST

ESA astronauts Luca and his crewmates, cosmonaut commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, spent the last few weeks before launch in Moscow, Russia passing their final exams for flying the Soyuz spacecraft that will fly them to the International Space Station. They received their official tickets to the orbital outpost on 10 May when the Soyuz examination board declared them qualified to fly. The crew left for the Baikonur launch facility on 16 May. The crew stayed at the traditional Cosmonaut Hotel for the last days before launch. Luca, Fyodor and Karen are quarantined to make sure they do not take any unwanted bacteria or viruses to the Space Station. Family and support personnel such as flight surgeons are the only people allowed to stay with them. Cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov, Alexander Misurkin and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy are already on the Station and will welcome the new Expedition when the Soyuz docks on 29 May. Luca's Volare mission is provided through an agreement with Italy's ASI space agency. His busy schedule of science and maintenance involves two spacewalks to install new equipment and retrieve experiments.

SpaceUp Paris part 2 day 1

28-05-2013 05:07 PM CEST

First SpaceUp in France, a two-day event hosted by ESA at its Headquarters in Paris and organised by SpaceUp Paris volunteers. The event was attended by 150 people from all over the world, not only engineers, entrepreneurs and scientists, but also developers, students, graphists, journalists... all passionate about space and committed to promoting of space exploration.

SpaceUp Paris part 1 day 2

28-05-2013 04:57 PM CEST

First SpaceUp in France, a two-day event hosted by ESA at its Headquarters in Paris and organised by SpaceUp Paris volunteers. The event was attended by 150 people from all over the world, not only engineers, entrepreneurs and scientists, but also developers, students, graphists, journalists... all passionate about space and committed to promoting of space exploration.

SpaceUp Paris part 2 day 2

28-05-2013 04:25 PM CEST

First SpaceUp in France, a two-day event hosted by ESA at its Headquarters in Paris and organised by SpaceUp Paris volunteers. The event was attended by 150 people from all over the world, not only engineers, entrepreneurs and scientists, but also developers, students, graphists, journalists... all passionate about space and committed to promoting of space exploration.

SpaceUp Paris part 3 day 1

28-05-2013 04:10 PM CEST

First SpaceUp in France, a two-day event hosted by ESA at its Headquarters in Paris and organised by SpaceUp Paris volunteers. The event was attended by 150 people from all over the world, not only engineers, entrepreneurs and scientists, but also developers, students, graphists, journalists... all passionate about space and committed to promoting of space exploration.

SpaceUp Paris part 1 day 1

28-05-2013 03:50 PM CEST

First SpaceUp in France, a two-day event hosted by ESA at its Headquarters in Paris and organised by SpaceUp Paris volunteers. The event was attended by 150 people from all over the world, not only engineers, entrepreneurs and scientists, but also developers, students, graphists, journalists... all passionate about space and committed to promoting of space exploration.

Happy in quarantine

Happy in quarantine

28-05-2013 04:43 PM CEST

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Karen, Fyodor and Luca ready for launch.

Launch of Luca

Launch of Luca

28-05-2013 10:11 AM CEST

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and his fellow crew, NASA astonaut Karen Nyberg and ship Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on May 28 at 10:31 p.m. EDT (8:31 p.m. GMT).  

They will be part of the crew of Expedition 36/37 and will spend five months on the space station.

Watch Luca’s launch

Watch Luca's launch

27-05-2013 04:09 PM CEST

Follow the launch of ESA's Luca Parmitano, NASA's Karen Nyberg and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, 28 May from 19:30 GMT

Volare mission

Volare mission

26-05-2013 03:21 PM CEST

"Go for launch"

Soyuz to the Launch Pad

Soyuz to the Launch Pad

05/26/2013 12:00 AM EDT

The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Sunday, May 26, 2013, in Kazakhstan.

Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, and Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA, are set to launch to the International Space Station Tuesday night Eastern U.S. time, Wednesday in Kazakh time.

Yurchikhin, Nyberg, and, Parmitano, will remain aboard the station until mid-November.  

Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Next stop: the universe

Next stop: the universe

16-05-2013 12:43 PM CEST

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This is his last earthly stop before the 28th May issue of the International Space Station.