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| Issue 34

Watch Principia live

Watch the launch of ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian commander Yuri Malenchenko to the International Space Station on 15 December at 11:03 GMT (12:03 CET).

Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Events

| Issue 8

The Automated Transfer Vehicle – supporting Europe in space

Where do astronauts get their food? What happens to their waste? Adam Williams from the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, describes the development of an unmanned shuttle to supply the International Space Station.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
           

| Issue 5

Down to Earth: interview with Thomas Reiter

Shortly before Christmas 2006, German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter returned from the International Space Station. A month later, Barbara Warmbein asked him about his trip, the experiments he did – and how to become an astronaut.

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Biology, Astronomy / space