horizons' was the name of German ESA astronaut Alexander ... Frank de Winne, Gerst was the second European as commander of the ISS since October 2018. On 20 December 2018 Gerst returned together with ...

An astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) has snapped a stunning photograph of the super-bright "New Year comet" seemingly shooting behind Earth. The comet, named C/2024 G3 (ATLAS ...

The electromagnetic levitator (EML) is a multi-user facility onboard the ISS, which was installed in 2014 by astronaut Alexander Gerst. In this facility a conductive sample is placed in a coil and ...

In a specially developed planetary model and with a commercially available tape measure, Alexander Gerst takes a measurement of the Earth: how much sunlight does the northern hemisphere get in winter ...

An astronaut onboard the International Space Station ... Earth from space series. More about comets Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS' 'near-death encounter' with the sun may have blown it apart, new photos ...