Reportaż z treningu astronautki w zero G.
‘First instinct is to swim’: my trip on a zero-gravity flight with an Esa astronautHannah Devlin Science correspondent Sat 16 Nov 2024 07.00 CET
The sensation of weightlessness is extraordinary as I join Rosemary Coogan for a breathtaking glimpse of life in space(...) The aircraft, an adapted Airbus, was once Angela Merkel’s government plane: it is old enough to have manual controls (a modern commercial plane would automatically block a pilot attempting a 50-degree climb), but with few enough flying hours to be in robust condition. The intensity of forces during the parabola, I am told, is such that its wings visibly flex if you felt inclined to watch them out the window.(...)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/16/my-trip-on-zero-gravity-flight-with-esa-astronaut-weightlessness2)
UK Space Agency @spacegovuk 11:02 AM · Nov 18, 2024
UK @ESA astronaut, @Astro_Rosemary is beginning a six-month pre-assignment training programme at @NASA_Johnson. 👩🚀
Her training will include EVA exercises and building essential skills for a future mission to the ISS. 🛰️
https://twitter.com/spacegovuk/status/1858450576876384476Space travel should not be just ‘for the elites’, says new British astronautHannah Devlin Science correspondent Sat 16 Nov 2024 07.00 CET
(...) Training involves a fast-track academic curriculum of maths, biology, engineering, photography and public communication. But psychological preparation is also a major focus. Coogan and her fellow trainees spent days in isolation living in a cave and were sent on high-altitude winter survival training in the Spanish Pyrenees.
“It was an absolutely incredible landscape, snow everywhere,” she said. “There was a real emphasis on understanding what’s around you, how to make sure you survive safely there, but also how to look after each other.”
At one point, Coogan’s foot plunged through the snow into an icy river beneath. “I got an extremely wet and cold foot, but didn’t think that much of it,” she said. But she woke up the next morning to find her boot frozen solid and impossible to put back on. “It was perhaps a bit of a low point,” Coogan said. “But one of my colleagues came over and brought me a cup of tea. It was a really nice moment of the team supporting each other.” (...)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/16/space-travel-should-not-be-just-for-the-elites-says-new-british-astronautUK astronaut prepares to boldly go where no University of Sussex alumni has ever gone before
By: Alice Ingall Last updated: Monday, 12 June 2023
University of Sussex alumna, Dr Rosemary Coogan, has revealed that calmness is the key and toast is one of main things she will miss as she prepares to take one giant step for Sussex and become the UK’s third ever astronaut in space and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first female UK astronaut. At 32 years old, Dr Coogan will follow in the footsteps of the likes of Tim Peake and Helen Sharman.
In an exclusive interview for the University of Sussex’s Falmer magazine, Dr Coogan talked about the qualities required to qualify in the rigorous and highly competitive ESA astronaut training selection process.
“We did a lot of work with psychologists,” she said. “We had group exercises where they looked for balance between group leadership and being able to support the leader as a team member. It seems an essential strength is the ability to stay calm.”
Alongside valuable qualities of calm and physical endurance, being able to perform well in highly structured environments is key, with Dr Coogan crediting training as a petty officer cadet with the Royal Navy Sea Cadets in Brighton and the Royal Naval Reserve, as evidence that she is well suited to the discipline of astronaut training.
Dr Coogan, who was born in Northern Ireland, spent her early years on the University of Sussex campus, where she lived with her parents from the age of four months to five years, while they were studying at the University. She grew up in Brighton and herself completed a PhD in astrophysics, in 2019. She recently came back to the University and met some of her old tutors and current pupils and spoke fondly of her time studying at the University:
“I really enjoyed the learning environment at Sussex. I like that the Astronomy Department’s research is extra-galactic, and I like the breadth.
”It’s an open place in which to learn, and I felt like I was given a lot of options. I wasn’t channeled in one direction. It’s also a supportive environment, especially for all genders in science. As a PhD student, I was in an office of three women and two men, and I thought there was a good representation of gender among the staff too.”
As part of the ESA career astronaut training, trainees undertake underwater exercises in a space suit with full-size replicas of space station modules. Dr Coogan shared how extra-curricular activities as a student at the University of Sussex equipped her with the necessary skills for this aspect of the programme
“This is the closest we can get on Earth to learning what it’s like to manoeuvre in a weightless environment,” she said. “It requires us to have a SCUBA diving licence, which I already happen to have having been a member of the SCUBA Diving Society at Sussex!”
When asked what she’ll be taking with her to space and what she’ll most miss about life on Earth, Dr Coogan cites family, friends, toast and showers as some of the things she’ll miss most:
“I’ll be able to take a small box of personal treasures with me… I really enjoy fantasy adventure board games, and I would love to work out whether it’s possible to roll a die in space, though I’m sure the excitement and privilege of being on a mission will far outweigh missing any creature comforts.”
Professor Sasha Roseneil, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex, says:
“At Sussex we continue to marvel at the astronomical achievements of Dr Rosemary Coogan as she undertakes training to be the UK’s third astronaut. It is fascinating to learn more about what it took to get her to this stage, and we wish her the very best of luck. I will be following her great space adventure with interest!”
The full interview can be read in ‘Fly me to the moon: an interview with Dr Rosemary Coogan’, which is published in the University of Sussex’s annual magazine, Falmer.
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/61169https://twitter.com/esaspaceflight/status/1782354821330112787Human Spaceflight @esaspaceflight 3:55 PM · Nov 23, 2022
Meet @esa astronaut Rosemary Coogan. Rosemary was born in 1991 in the UK. She holds a PhD in Astronomy, and has worked for @ESA_Euclid and @ESA_Webb telescope as a research fellow in space science.
https://esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Rosemary_Coogan
https://twitter.com/esaspaceflight/status/1595430770587439105Rosemary Coogan @Astro_Rosemary 6:59 PM · May 31, 2023
Next were lessons on photography and video, to teach us how to get good shots of both scientific experiments and the Earth, whilst we’re on the ISS.
https://twitter.com/astro_rosemary/status/1663953313925038100
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