Artemis II astronauts visit ESAs technical centre (ESTEC) @EuropeanSpaceAgency
Artemis II astronauts visit ESAs technical centre (ESTEC)  @EuropeanSpaceAgency
Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The four Artemis II astronauts visited ESTEC, ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands, on 13 July as the first stop in a series of post-flight visits to the European teams that made their mission possible.

The day included a visit to the Eagle mission control room, where ESA and Airbus engineers monitored the European Service Module around the clock throughout Artemis II. There, astronauts met some of the ESA specialists who had supported their flight from Earth.

0:00 Intro
0:09 Meeting with ESA engineers
1:50 Life on Orion
3:53 Mission images
5:10 A global mission
6:05 ESA Caves training
7:36 Luca flying Artemis III
10:04 What is Moonjoy?
11:40 Baton handover to Artemis III
12:20 Big scientific questions
15:33 Message to ESA

Credits: European Space Agency (ESA)

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Artemis II astronauts visit ESA's technical centre (ESTEC)

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