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Exploring our Solar System is one of humankind's most exciting adventures. ESA selected its first astronauts in 1978 for the 1983 Spacelab mission on NASA's Space Shuttle. Here you'll find more about our current astronauts – the class of 2009.

Matthias Maurer

(English) Cosmic Kiss begins as Crew-3 arrive at the Space Station

(English) The spacecraft carrying ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and his NASA astronaut colleagues Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron docked to the International Space Station at 00:32 CET Friday, 12 November (23:32 GMT Thursday, 11 November), marking the official start of Matthias's first mission ‘Cosmic Kiss’.

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Matthias Maurer

(English) Watch Crew-3 arrive at the Space Station

(English) Coverage of ESA astronaut Matthias’s Maurer’s journey to the International Space Station continues, with docking now scheduled for 00:23 CET Friday, 12 November (23:33 GMT Thursday, 11 November) and streaming live on NASA TV.

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Matthias Maurer

(English) Crew-3 from suit-up to orbit

(English) ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer will be launched to the International Space Station at 02:03 GMT/03:03 CET Thursday, 11 November as part of Crew-3. Follow the action from suit-up to Space Station welcoming ceremony live on ESA Web TV 2 and on Twitter @esaspaceflight.

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Thomas Pesquet

(English) 100 more days of science and operations in space for Thomas

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Thomas Pesquet

(English) Mission Alpha: the return home in Crew Dragon Endeavour

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(English) New dates for Crew-3 launch and Crew-2 return

(English) Update: The earliest possible opportunity for Crew-2 to undock from the Space Station is now Monday, 8 November, 19:05 GMT/20:05 CET for a splashdown on Tuesday, around 03:33 GMT/04:33 CET. Next launch opportunity for Crew-3 with Matthias Maurer is planned for Thursday, 11 November, 02:03 GMT/03:03 CET.

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Matthias Maurer

(English) Crew-3 to launch no earlier than 7 November

(English) Due to a minor medical issue involving one of its crew members, the launch of Crew-3 is now set for no earlier than 03:36 GMT/04:36 CET, Sunday, 7 November. The issue is not a medical emergency and not related to COVID-19.

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Matthias Maurer

(English) Launch week line-up

(English) ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer will be launched to the International Space Station on Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance at 07:21 CET this Sunday 31 October. Get in the space spirit with this line-up of events in Europe, the US and beyond.

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