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The European Space Agency (ESA) is currently training five astronaut candidates for future missions to the International Space Station and beyond. Their training programme consists of three phases: The first phase is basic training, which covers medical exams, fitness assessments, and space programmes and systems. The second phase, the pre-assignment training, is advanced training in specific areas such as systems training, vehicle training, robotics and EVA-training. The third phase is mission-specific training, which is tailored to the tasks and experiments that astronauts will perform during their mission. ESA's astronaut training programme also includes training for exploration of the lunar surface, as astronauts will need to apply their skills and knowledge to new challenges in future space missions beyond Earth orbit. 

The Arch of Spring enfolds Mars and Venus across the west. Wintry Sirius nears its heliacal setting low in the southwest, while the Summer Triangle stars come into view one by one in the east.

Image: Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 8 April 2023, this image shows Los Angeles and part of the hinterland in Southern California.

On Saturday, April 29, 2023, come out and celebrate Astronomy Day! Here are some easy ways that you can explore the sky.

NASA’s Perseverance rover glimpsed the Ingenuity helicopter earlier this month after the rotorcraft’s 50th flight. This view shows dust accumulation on the vehicle. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s pioneering Mars helicopter Ingenuity continues to outperform its design specifications, having now notched up more than 50 record-breaking forays across the Red Planet’s surface, 10 times as many flights as originally planned for.

Russia has agreed to stay in the International Space Station program through 2028, and the other major partners have signed on through 2030.

NASA's Voyager 2 has been exploring the solar system and interstellar space since 1977. With power dwindling, a new technique will allow science to continue.

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the ViaSat 3 Americas broadband satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

The chief designer of China's Mars exploration program has provided a long-awaited comment on the status of the country's Zhurong Mars rover.

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a nearby stellar nursery called NGC 1333. Bright stars shine through clouds of dust and gas, showcasing the chaotic nature of star formation.

When the Moon’s shadow swept across Earth on April 20th, tens of thousands traveled to Australia, Timor-Leste, and Indonesia to witness the celestial spectacle.

A NASA aircraft used to test the agency's Gemini and Apollo tracking stations has "taken off" as a popular collectible. MotoArt's latest PlaneTag is made from NASA 420, a C-121G Super Constellation.

Maxar Technologies' Worldview-3 satellite has snapped images of NASA's Landsat 8 spacecraft in orbit, showing clear details of the powerful Earth-observation satellite.

The moon will be half-illuminated on Thursday (April 27), during the first quarter phase halfway between the new moon and the full moon.

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is now in its fifth year scanning the sky for new worlds.

In our book, the Lego Star Wars Captain Rex Helmet outranks everything.