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ESA astronaut class of 2022: Astro Chat with Raphaël Liégeois

In the second episode of the ESA Explores podcast series, highlighting our 2022 astronaut class, ESA astronaut candidate Raphaël Liégeois shares his insights into basic astronaut training at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne.

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Deep dive across the pond

ESA astronaut candidates Sophie Adenot, Rosemary Coogan, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Raphaël Liégeois, and Marco Sieber, alongside Katherine Bennell-Pegg from the Australian Space Agency suited up in scuba gear, plunging into NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) for spacewalk training familiarisation.

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Houston, you’ve got visitors

Last week, members of ESA’s astronaut class of 2022 embarked on their first overseas field trip. They visited NASA’s facilities at the Johnson Space Centre (JSC) in Houston, Texas, USA, to get familiar with the environment where they will spend a significant part of their training once assigned to a mission.

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Sink or spacewalk

After three months of intensive training, ESA astronaut candidates Sophie Adenot, Rosemary Coogan, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Raphaël Liégeois, and Marco Sieber have immersed themselves into the world of spaceflight and exploration, gaining valuable insights into their future roles.

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