Tag: Space

The European Southern Observatory, founded on 5 October 1962, has close links with CERN.

  • From CERN to space: staff member selected to join the ESA 2022 astronaut class

    From CERN to space: staff member selected to join the ESA 2022 astronaut class

    Selected out of more than 22 500 applicants, CERN engineer Sławosz Uznański from Poland has been chosen as one of the 11 members of the ESA 2022 astronaut class in the reserve pool

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  • CERN staff member now ESA astronaut

    CERN staff member now ESA astronaut

    Congratulations to CERN staff member Slawosz Uznanski for making it to the new class of European Space Agency astronauts in the reserve pool

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  • Timepix: from CERN’s galleries to the Moon

    Timepix: from CERN’s galleries to the Moon

    The renowned Timepix detector celebrates its 10-year anniversary on the International Space Station by flying to the Moon: the chip features in NASA’s future lunar programme

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  • LHCf continues to investigate cosmic rays

    LHCf continues to investigate cosmic rays

    LHCf has completed its first data-taking period during LHC Run 3, taking advantage of the record 13.6 TeV collision energy. This coincides with the machine’s record fill time of 57 hours

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  • CERN tech in space: the first CERN-driven satellite has been successfully launched

    With the launch of the CELESTA satellite for radiation monitoring in space, CERN shows its expertise in the field of radiation effects on electronics

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  • Watch live the new spacewalk for AMS

    Watch live the new spacewalk for AMS

    The third spacewalk will see astronauts Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan install the new cooling pump system for the AMS detector tracker

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  • Spacewalk for AMS: Watch live with CERN and ESA

    Spacewalk for AMS: Watch live with CERN and ESA

    Watch the first of several spacewalks for AMS live on Friday 15 November from 12.50 p.m. CET

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  • Art residencies for Swiss artists at research centres

    Art residencies for Swiss artists at research centres

    Arts at CERN announces two residencies for Swiss artists: Collide Pro Helvetia and Simetría

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  • First cosmic-ray results from CALET telescope on ISS

    First cosmic-ray results from CALET telescope on ISS

    Having docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on 25 August 2015, CALET is carrying out a full science programme

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  • LIVE: ESA astronauts answer questions on physics in space

    On Friday 12 May at 4:30pm CEST, we will be live on Facebook, from the CERN Data Centre, with three European astronauts answering your questions

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