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ESA Class 2022

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Rocking robotics training

ESA astronaut candidate Raphaël Liégeois from Belgium during a robotics session as part of his basic astronaut training at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre, near Cologne, Germany.

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ESA astronaut class of 2022: Astro Chat with Pablo Álvarez Fernández

In the Episode 5 of the ESA Explores podcast series, highlighting our 2022 astronaut class, ESA astronaut candidate Pablo Álvarez Fernández shares his insights into basic astronaut training at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne.

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Podcasts

ESA astronaut class of 2022: Astro Chat with Rosemary Coogan

In the Episode 4 of the ESA Explores podcast series, highlighting our 2022 astronaut class, ESA astronaut candidate Rosemary Coogan shares her insights into basic astronaut training at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne.

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Podcasts

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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Podcasts

ESA astronaut class of 2022: Astro Chat with Marcus Wandt

In the first episode of the ESA Explores podcast series on our 2022 astronaut class, ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt provides a glimpse into his spaceflight training ahead of his upcoming Muninn mission.

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Basic astronaut training

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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Training

Between two worlds

Every week spent in a different place, in a different time zone. A myriad of training lessons, countless instructors, and never-before-seen technology. A life between airports, the new faces, the non-stop learning… and no time for lunch.

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