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Astronaut Reserve Training: Block 2, Week 3

AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · 3d

#VideoDiary: Block 2, Week 3 of #Astronaut reserve training at @esa.int. Including a ceremony for our new training patch, more aerospace engineering subjects, then we travelled to North to Rostock for #SeaSurvival and #Firefighting training.

: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DKj...

Astronaut Reserve Training: Block 2, Week 2

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 6d

👩‍🚀 Training in progress

Our astronaut reserve members are back at @esa.int’s European Astronaut Centre for phase 2 — building on the training they kicked off earlier this year.

⏪ Rewind to @astromeganne.bsky.social's first impressions in this #ESAExplores episode 🎧

🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · 10d

Block 2, Week 2 of @esa.int #AstronautTraining! This was all about #microgravity, with @airzerog.bsky.social

Video diary:

youtube.com

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 12d

📡#Estrack is growing! Today we join you from Australia for the inauguration for the Agency's fourth deep space antenna.

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · 16d

This one’s a bit delayed, since we’re already a few weeks in! Need to get working on the week 2 video now… parabolic flights! 🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬

Astronaut Reserve Training: Block 2, week 1

AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · 16d

We’re back at @esa.int's European Astronaut Centre in #Cologne – for two months of #AstronautTraining! 🧑‍🚀 👨‍🚀
This is “block 2” and there’s lots to cover… starting with #AerospaceEngineering 🚀

Video dairy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOYD...

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Sep 13

The esa.int Astronaut Reserve corps joined in the 87th @airzerog.bsky.social parabolic fight campaign last week – participating in experiments, and ISS equipment familiarisation training in #ZeroG
🧑‍🚀 👩‍🚀 🧑‍🚀 👩‍🚀
🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Sep 9

We Are The Borg. Resistance is Futile! #StarTrekDay

Today I’m testing “The influence of weightlessness on neuromuscular performance” on @airzerog.bsky.social for @esa.int , using @spoho.bsky.social’s “Space Bike”!

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Sep 8

It’s time to go floating with @airzerog.bsky.social again!
🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Sep 7

You can never have too many hobbies, right? This weekend I had the chance to go #sailing, exploring the stunning #Basque coastline from #Bilbao on the beautiful 46ft “Lady Magellan”. ⛵️
I’m looking forward to learning the ropes, quite literally, some more soon!

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Aug 25

We went #Scubadiving the wrecks and caverns of #Gozo 🇲🇹 this summer!

Diving in Gozo 🇲🇹

Diving Marsa Nakari in the Red Sea

AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Jul 20

After the @cern.bsky.social #STELLAR festival yesterday, today I joined #ICRC2025 participants at #jungfraujoch “The top of Europe” and the amazing #SphinxObservatory! The atmospheric physics experiments took me back to my time obtaining corresponding measurements at #Concordia station, Antarctica

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Jul 19

1 week, four cities…
It started with wreck-diving in #Gozo 🇲🇹; then SpaceCon in #Manchester (and all 4 @esa.int 🇬🇧 astros together for the first time!); guest lecture at #Oxford Space Store’s summer course; then today at @cern.bsky.social’s STELLAR festival in #Geneva!

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Jul 17

For the first time, all 👨‍🚀👩‍🚀👩‍🚀👨‍🚀 of the UK @esa.int astronauts interviewed together - This morning on BBC Breakfast!

Catchup on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... (starting at 02:16:45)

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Jul 17

Tune into @bbc5live.bsky.social right now to hear from 4 UK astronauts! 🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀👩‍🚀👨‍🚀

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Jul 1

The #ProjectHailMary movie trailer released this week. *amaze* 🤩
I'm definitely looking forward to seeing this, but, if you have not already read Andy Weir's book or listened to Ray Porter's narration... AVOID spoilers until then! 🤜🤛
I strongly encourage you to read/listen before you watch.

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UK Space Agency @ukspaceagency.bsky.social · Jun 25

The UK National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) has released the May 2025 report on the threats from space debris. 🌍

In May there were:

➡️ 64 re-entries of space objects
➡️ 1,546 in-space collision warnings
➡️ 198 more registered objects in orbit.

Read more 👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Graphic of debris around Earth. Credit: ESA

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · Jun 25

First taste of microgravity for @astro-slawosz.bsky.social 🧑‍🚀✨

How do we know? Meet Joy — the baby swan flying with the #Ax4 crew 🦢

More than a zero-g indicator, Joy symbolises grace, unity and the shared spirit of exploration. When Joy floats, it means: welcome to microgravity 🚀

@esa.int

GIF of Axiom 4 crew inside the Dragon capsule minutes after liftoff.

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · Jun 24

🚀 Tomorrow at 07:31 BST/08:31 CEST, ESA project astronaut
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will travel to the International Space Station with the #Ax4 crew.

❓ What’s a project astronaut and what makes this mission special for @esa.int ? 🧑‍🚀✨

⏯️ ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano explains it all 👇

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Jun 22

Highlights from my dive trip to the Red Sea 🪸 🐠 🇪🇬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPmU...

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Jun 16

If you enjoyed my #knitting 🧶 update from last week, I thought I might share this video I made during my Astronaut Reserve Training Block 1 with @esa.int:

"How might being a knitter help in being an #astronaut? It's all about dexterity..."

Knitting for space

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · Jun 16

If you enjoyed my #knitting 🧶 update from last week, I thought I might share this video I made during my Astronaut Reserve Training Block 1 with @esa.int:

"How might being a knitter help in being an #astronaut? It's all about dexterity..."

Knitting for space