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ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano announced the name of his second mission and logo during an event at ESA’s ESRIN establishment in Italy. Luca will be going ‘Beyond’ when he returns to the International Space Station this was in 2019 as part of Expedition 60/61, alongside Andrew Morgan of NASA and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos.

ESA’s Orion-esm fm-1

ESA 50 Anniversary

ESA IRISS-On September 2, 2015, Andreas Mogensen was launched with Soyuz TMA-18M to ISS, and landed with Soyuz TMA-16M ten days later. Mogensen’s mission to the ISS was called “iriss”.

ESA Intermediate Experimental Vehicle IXV

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet was launched to the International Space Station on 17 November 2016 for his six-month Proxima mission as a flight engineer for Expeditions 50 and 51.

The Principia design features the mission name and an apple, which represents Newton’s laws of gravity. Note a small ISS symbol represented in the light reflecting off the shiny apple skin. Tim’s Soyuz rocket is depicted at launch and the United Kingdom is visible on Earth below. A gold orbit completes the design with the colours of the Union Flag running around the border.

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet (FR). The mission was launched on 23 April 2021. Flying with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.

The mission is called ‘Alpha’. This is after Alpha Centauri, the closest stellar system to Earth, following the French tradition to name space missions after stars or constellations.

The name of European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer’s first mission to the International Space Station, Cosmic Kiss, is a declaration of love for space. It communicates the special connection the Station provides between Earth’s inhabitants and the cosmos. It also conveys the value of partnership in exploring farther to the Moon and Mars, alongside the need to respect, protect and preserve the nature of our home planet as we seek a sustainable future on Earth.

esa Mission logo of Paolo Nespoli
(magISStra, Expeditions 26/27,
Soyuz TMA-20)

esa Mission logo of Frank De Winne
(OasISS, Soyuz TMA-15)

esa Mission logo of Alexander Gerst

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