{"id":802648,"date":"2026-06-12T05:32:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=802648"},"modified":"2026-06-12T05:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:32:30","slug":"esa-mission-control-keeping-columbus-running-24-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=802648","title":{"rendered":"ESA &#8211; Mission Control | Keeping Columbus Running 24\/7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>Step inside the Columbus Control Centre near Munich, Germany, and discover what it takes to keep ESA&#8217;s Columbus laboratory running\u201424 hours a day, 365 days a year.<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Flight Director Tristan Hermel takes us behind the scenes of mission control, where teams on the ground coordinate operations, support astronauts and work with international partners across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Get a glimpse of life behind the consoles as ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot carries out her Epsilon mission on board the Space Station.<\/p>\n<p><i>This interview was recorded in January 2026.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Listen on all major podcast platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Keep exploring with ESA Explores.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<label style=\"display: block; font-size: 0.9em; color: #8197A6; margin: 3rem 0 -1rem 0;\">Embed code<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea rows=\"4\" cols=\"60\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mission Control | Keeping Columbus Running 24\/7 | ESA Explores #19\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nb6IxplGR0s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/textarea><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Videos\/2026\/06\/Mission_Control_Keeping_Columbus_Running_24_7_ESA_Explores_19?rand=771654\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step inside the Columbus Control Centre near Munich, Germany, and discover what it takes to keep ESA&#8217;s Columbus laboratory running\u201424 hours a day, 365 days a year. Columbus Flight Director&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":802649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-802648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ESA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=802648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/802649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=802648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=802648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=802648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}