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

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 Intro0:09 Meeting with ESA engineers1:50 Life on Orion3:53 Mission images5:10 A global mission6:05 ESA Caves training7:36 Luca flying Artemis III10:04 What is Moonjoy?11:40 Baton handover to Artemis III12:20 Big scientific questions15:33 Message to ESACredits: European Space Agency (ESA)Access the video on the ESA video library: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/07/Artemis_II_crew_at_ESTEC★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications.We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out https://www.esa.int/ to get up to speed on everything space related.Copyright information about our videos is available here: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Terms_and_Conditions