Polish engineer, Slawosz Uznanski, said goodbye to CERN colleagues ahead of ESA astronaut training

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

An out-of-this world visit took place at CERN on 12 May

Astronaut Tim Peake is on the International Space Station with a Timepix chip from the CERN@School project

Magnetic shielding technology developed at CERN could protect astronauts from cosmic radiation in space

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the ISS has been taking data for a year. The shuttle crew that took it to space visited CERN to mark the occasion

The space shuttle carried the Alpha Magentic Spectrometer to the ISS last year – on Wednesday its crew will visit the AMS control centre

The former CERN scientist presented the International Space Station's research programme - and brought a neutralino home