International Space Station articles Tag

Thomas Pesquet's return: what is the earth sickness that astronauts suffer from?

Thomas Pesquet, 43, will undergo a whole battery of medical tests. He will also have to readjust to life on Earth. After about 200 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the French astronaut will have to relearn how to stand, much like a small child learning to ride a bike. In the ...

09
Nov
2021

The Olympic Flame: 5 Things to Know About This Symbol

014, it traveled across Russia, to the North Pole, under the waters of Lake Baikal, and even into space! It was launched aboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS). ...

12
Feb
2014

Ludwig Wallendorff : the photographer who reproduces the images of Thomas Pesquet

st spent 6 months aboard the ISS, shared some incredible images of our planet as seen from space. Just like during his previous mission aboard the International Space Station, the French astronaut's photos fascinated the whole world and in particular the photographer Ludwig Wallendorff. Inspir ...

23
Nov
2021

TV series: 5 French dramas to discover in 2022

rs that aren't always who you think they are. 4- Infiniti With this 6-episode mini-series, Canal+ will offer us a space thriller. In Infiniti, the International Space Station is unresponsive and its crew seems to be in perdition. At the same time, the headless body of an American ISS astro ...

11
Jan
2022

Artemis 1 Mission: 5 things to know about NASA's program to the Moon

erm base on the Moon. Not only will astronauts walk on the Moon again, but they will also settle there to live and conduct research, much like the International Space Station! This program should lead to the sustainable exploration of the Moon and the installation of a permanent post on its su ...

29
Aug
2022

Thomas Pesquet: Objective France, a fascinating documentary on France 2.

to watch the documentary Thomas Pesquet: objective France. With two space missions under his belt, Thomas Pesquet spent over a year in total on the International Space Station or ISS and took 245,000 photos of our planet! In this documentary, the astronaut shows us our planet through the images he ...

24
Apr
2023