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Topic: ESA astronauts for Artemis moon missions
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50516
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-23-2022 07:27 PM
   
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the seven European astronauts who will train for NASA's Artemis missions to the moon, though only one will have the chance to become the first European to walk on the lunar surface, reports AFP. The candidates — France's Thomas Pesquet, Britain's Tim Peake, Germany's Alexander Gerst and Matthias Maurer, Italy's Luca Parmitano and Samantha Cristoforetti, and Denmark's Andreas Mogensen — have all completed at least one mission on board the International Space Station."During this decade, three ESA astronauts will fly to the Lunar Gateway — our permanent station we're building around the moon," David Parker, ESA's director of human and robotic exploration, told AFP. "And if all that goes well, by the end of this decade we'll be ready to send the first European astronaut to the moon," he added. |
Kite
Member Posts: 1082
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 09-24-2022 05:15 PM
What wonderful news. Here's hoping for our own Tim Peake, who would be a brilliant choice for the first Brit on the Moon. | |
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