Italian Samanta Cristoforetti, ESA astronaut will be the first woman who station spatiale internationale ISS directed. Before her were the ESA astronauts Frank DeWinne, Alexander Gerst, Luca Parmitano and Thomas Pesquet in command, she becomes the 5th Commander. “I’m honored to be named commander,” says Cristoforetti, “and look forward to using the experience I’ve gained in space and on Earth to lead a very capable team in orbit. »
Cristoforetti A mechanical Engineering and aeronautics and is a trained fighter pilot for the Italian Air Force. Since 2009, she is European Astronaut Center (EAC) the ESA in Cologne trained to become an astronaut. Cristoforetti started in November 2014 du port spatial Baikonur au ISS and was total 199 days and 17 hours in the space. On June 7, 2015, on her 195th day on duty, she released the American Sunita Williams as the record holder for long duration flights by women in space. The landing took place on June 11, 2015.
Previously directed Minerva mission
Since the start of Mission Minerve in April 2022 Cristoforetti had them management of United States Orbital Segment (USOS) and oversaw the activities of the American, European, Japanese, and Canadian modules and components of the station. Now she moves to the command post on the ISS.
“The choice of Samantha to command clearly demonstrates the trust and value that our international partners place in ESA astronauts. During her Minerva mission, she made a great contribution to the scientific and operational achievements of the station and I expect her to continue to thrive under her command,” said ESA Director General, Joseph Aschbacherto order Cristoforetti.
The official handover ceremony will take place on September 28 instead of. Command posts are established on the basis of joint decisions by the NASA (USA), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe) and CSA (Canada) to forgive.
Futurezone caught up with Samanta Cstoretti live a while ago and spoke to the ESA astronaut regarding her experiences on the ISS.
