February 2016
200 Days in Space: Living in Orbit
... and we have a destination there. It’s the International Space Station. I like to call it humanity’s outpost in space. Samantha Cristoforetti Without any doubt, it is the most amazing feat of engineering ever performed, ever accomplished by humankind...
22 January 2016
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Shares the Unique Experience of Her Record-breaking 200-Day Mission to the ISS.
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti shares the details of her record-breaking (longest space flight by a woman and longest uninterrupted spaceflight for a European astronaut) mission to the International Space Station.
March 2016
Multi-planet Civilizations in Popular Culture
... time the infamous Death Star unleashed its death ray upon the planet. Space Station astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti pays tribute to actor Leonard Nimoy who played Spock in the original series of Star Trek Alderaan has...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... Human Factors considerations in the design and operation of crewed and robotic missions. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti working on the TripleLux experiment, an investigation into the effects of microgravity on immune cells. A smoke detector...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... years without a clearly defined end-point, could provide useful case studies for this area of research. Samantha Cristoforetti taking in the views from the International Space Station. In the past, researchers on both sides of the TQP...
December 2017
Dressing up for space
... aesthetic values with functional aspects involving potential new scenarios in society. With the guidance of ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA suggested that the focus should also include health and nutrition. The aim was to find...
