Astronauts must be prepared for any and all challenges they face in orbit – this preparation starts on Earth. From survival training to spacewalk training, learning to work as a team and getting to grips with research requirements, astronauts travel all around the world to ensure successful missions in space.
Posted on Tuesday 26 March 2024 by Laura
(English) ESA astronaut candidate Rosemary Coogan from the UK mastering fire and frost during winter survival training in the snowy mountains of the Spanish Pyrenees as part of her basic astronaut training.
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Posted on Friday 8 March 2024 by Laura
(English) 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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Posted on Wednesday 19 July 2023 by Nadjejda
(English) 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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Posted on Monday 13 January 2020 by Alexander
How do you prepare for the things you don’t know? That’s right – it’s tricky. And it’s one of the fundamental problems of spaceflight. Learn more with Alexander Gerst and his Antarctic ANSMET mission.
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