German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst’s return to space

German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst’s return to space

6 June 2018   Today at 11:12 GMT (13:12 CEST) ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst was launched into space alongside NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Roscosmos commander Sergei Prokopyev in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The...
Alexander Gerst to be Space Station commander

Alexander Gerst to be Space Station commander

18 May 2016 ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst has been assigned a new mission to the International Space Station, where he will fulfil the role of commander during the second part of his six-month mission in 2018. The news was announced today in the presence of German...