Posted on Thursday 22 February 2024 by Laura
(English) 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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Posted on Friday 26 January 2024 by Laura
(English) 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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Posted on Friday 22 December 2023 by Laura
(English) 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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Posted on Wednesday 20 December 2023 by Laura
(English) 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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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 26 June 2023 by Laura
(English) 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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