2023-05-03 12:38:00
The new class of astronaut candidates from the European Space Agency (ESA), including Marco Sieber from Biel, were “enthusiastic” at the end of their first month of training. They will be officially consecrated in the spring of 2024.
The news volley came before the media on Wednesday during a press conference at the European Astronaut Center in Cologn. It includes, in addition to Marco Sieber, the Belgian Raphaël Liégeois, the French Sophie Adenot, the Spaniard Pablo Álvarez Fernández and the Briton Rosemary Coogan.
Their basic training is expected to continue until the end of May 2024. From 2025 to 2030, each of the five should have had the opportunity to operate at least one long mission (probably six months) on the International Space Station ( ISS). Before, why not, that one or the other participates, from 2030, in the lunar exploration program Artemis, itself preparatory to a future mission for Mars.
“I am especially delighted with the practical teaching”, declared Marco Sieber in front of the press. The first month was spent mainly on biology and physics lessons as well as sports training, added the 34-year-old Bernese doctor.
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