Tag: astronaut
Three Chinese astronauts landed again
Status: 04.06.2023 8:25 a.m After six months aboard the Chinese space station “Tiangong”, three astronauts have landed safely in the Gobi desert. They had previously been replaced by a new…
Astronaut Thomas Reiter was the first German to walk in space
by Ruediger Braun 23.05.2023, 14:11 7 mins As an astronaut, Thomas Reiter was the first German in 1995 to venture into space – from the Russian space station “Mir”. In…
World premiere: astronaut from Saudi Arabia launched to the ISS (video)
Watch the video: Saudi astronaut started a private mission to the ISS. Good-humored greetings from the crew of “Axiom 2” from space. The US company Axiom Space’s second private space…
Video: Saudi astronaut started a private mission to the ISS
Stem cell researcher Rayyanah Barnawi is the first woman from Saudi Arabia to fly into space. As part of the second private space mission “Axiom 2” it is scheduled to…
ESA unveils new astronaut candidates – Economy
© Reuters ESA introduces new astronaut candidates Straight from the Reuters video channel The five candidates – two women and three men – are scheduled to fly into space from…
ESA unveils new astronaut candidates – Economy
© Reuters ESA introduces new astronaut candidates Straight from the Reuters video channel The five candidates – two women and three men – are scheduled to fly into space from…
Astronaut Selection for Artemis 2: Diversity is not Justice – Knowledge
comment by Marlene Weiss It was to be expected that the first “manned” flight around the moon in decades would not be exactly that, at least not only. Nasa has…
Death of French astronaut Jean-Jacques Favier
Astronaut Jean-Jacques Favier, the sixth Frenchman to have gone into space during a flight aboard the American shuttle Columbia, has died at the age of 73, the National Center for…
Ramadan: How astronaut Al Neyadi can fast in space
Sultan Al Neyadi How an astronaut observes Ramadan – despite 16 sunsets a day Sultan Al Neyadi is the second astronaut from the United Arab Emirates to go into space.…
Astronaut Sophie Adenot has “energy to spare” and “can’t wait” to start training
Since last November, she has been part of the new promotion of European astronauts. The French Sophie Adenot, present this Friday at the Space City after a two-day trip to…