N° 6–2021: Samantha Cristoforetti will fly to the International Space Station in 20223 March 2021
(...) “It gives me great pleasure to announce Samantha’s second space mission today,” says ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher. “Samantha is an excellent role model for anyone applying to ESA’s recently announced 2021/22 astronaut selection. I look forward to her continuing the essential work of European scientists in orbit as she inspires all Europeans to explore farther and reach higher for the benefit of Earth.” (...)
During ESA’s Space19+ ministerial council, Member States supported the Agency’s continued commitment to the International Space Station until at least 2030 and the provision of second flights for all astronauts from ESA’s class of 2009.
Samantha’s flight follows the second flights of her classmates Alexander Gerst in 2018, Luca Parmitano in 2019 and Thomas Pesquet in 2021, and could see a direct on-Station handover with Matthias Maurer who is scheduled to fly his first mission to the Space Station later this year.
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