Interviews and footage of ESA’s new astronaut class now available
Date: Wed, Nov 23, 2022 GMT
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The European Space Agency has chosen 17 new astronaut candidates from more than 22 500 applicants from across its Member States. In this new 2022 class of ESA astronauts are 5 career astronauts, 11 members of an astronaut reserve and 1 astronaut with a disability for a feasibility project.
Interviews with each candidate in English and native languages, as well as GVs, are now available at https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2022/11/ESA_Astronaut_Class_of_2022_Interviews
Below is a list of available material:
Sophie Adenot (France) – career
English and French
Pablo Álvarez Fernández (Spain) – career
English and Spanish
Meganne Christian (UK) – reserve
English
Anthea Comellini (Italy) – reserve
English and Italian
Rosemary Coogan (UK) – career
English
Sara García Alonso (Spain) – reserve
English and Spanish
Raphaël Liégeois (Belgium) – career
English and French
John McFall (UK) – astronaut with a disability for a feasibility project
English
Andrea Patassa (Italy) – reserve
English and Italian
Carmen Possnig (Austria) – reserve
English and German
Arnaud Prost (France) – reserve
English and French
Amelie Schoenenwald (Germany) – reserve
English and German
Marco Sieber (Switzerland) – career
English and Swiss German
Aleš Svoboda (Czech Republic) – reserve
English and Czech
Sławosz Uznański (Poland) – reserve
English and Polish
Marcus Wandt (Sweden) – reserve
English and Swedish
Nicola Winter (Germany) – reserve
English and German
A set of GVs with all astronauts is also available.