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If all goes according to plan, this rover belonging to NASA will reach the Red Planet in August 2012. This impressive, 900 kg rover, equipped with a nuclear battery, is carrying two French instruments: the ChemCam (Chemistry Camera) and a part of the SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) sample laboratory.

With the future rover, Exomars, Europe is preparing to search the red planet for traces of life, both past and present. Find out all about the development of this mobile robot belonging to Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy.

Enjoy Space opens the doors to Thales Alenia Space in Turin (Italy), which manufactures the pressurized modules for the European unmanned supply spacecraft ATV that serve the International Space Station.

Almost one year ago, the European Space Agency presented the 6 new astronauts that had been selected: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), Alexander Gerst (Germany), Andreas Mogensen (Denmark), Luca Parmitano (Italy), Timothy Peake (United Kingdom) and Thomas Pesquet (France).Taking a (very) short break from their intensive training on 5 May 2010, they visited the Cité de l’Espace, the space adventure theme park situated in Toulouse, France.

Visit the International Space Station with Jeffrey Williams, Expédition 22 commander.Find out more about this video here:http://www.enjoyspace.com/en/news/visit-the-iss-with-jeffrey-williams

The STS-130 mission lift-off took place on 8 February 2010, with the payload bay of the space shuttle Endeavour carrying the Tranquility module and the Cupola observation post. Built in Europe, these are the last two permanent living modules for the ISS.Find out more on Enjoy Space:http://www.enjoyspace.com/en/news/tranquility-and-the-cupola

Jean-François, European Space Agency’s French astronaut (3 shuttle flights) explains to us why he chose to relate the human, personal side of manned space flights in his book "Histoire(s) d'Espace" (Space stories). See also http://www.enjoyspace.com/en/news/space-stories-by-jean-francois-clervoy

A Franco-American team has just proved that there is water on the surface of our natural satellite. Astronomer Olivier Groussin, a member of the team, explains the ins and outs of this amazing discovery.More information on http://www.enjoyspace.com/en/news/water-on-the-moon

Scientist Jean-Paul Baluteau, who works on the Herschel mission, shares with us the secrets of this European Space Agency's observatory and its infrared view of the universe.

The United States are planning to take astronauts back to the surface of the Moon by 2020, but will this return just be a repeat of the Apollo programme? The Deputy Director for Advance Concepts and Strategy of the programmes of the CNES, the French National Space Study Centre, astronaut Jean-Jacques Favier explains to us why it will, perhaps, be very different.

EnjoySpaceTV takes you on a "space tour" of Le Bourget 2009 with the added bonus of scientific journalist Michel Chevalet’s expert opinion.

A NASA prototype, the LER (Lunar Exploration Rover) could allow astronauts to drive up to 1000 km on the Moon after 2020.

ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts tells us about his 2008 ISS space mission during which he activated the European Columbus laboratory.