ESA astronaut mission publications
ESA’s astronaut corps currently consists of seven astronauts selected in 2009. All astronauts go through the same basic training, and over time they are assigned to individual missions. Here you will find a collection of the brochures that have been published about each of the astronauts and their individual missions.
The astronauts announced as the ESA Class of 2022 will start their basic training in 2023 and will not be assigned to missions for at least 12 months.
Samantha Cristoforetti
Futura mission 2014–15
Minerva mission 2022
Alexander Gerst
Blue dot mission 2014
Horizons mission 2018
Matthias Maurer
Cosmic Kiss mission 2021–22
Andreas Mogensen
Iriss mission 2015
Huginn mission 2023-24
Luca Parmitano
Volare mission 2013
Beyond mission 2019
Tim Peake
Principia mission 2015–16
Thomas Pesquet
Proxima mission 2016
Alpha mission 2021
ESA astronauts before the ‘Class of 2009’
This collection does not represent all ESA astronauts or all astronaut missions, but only those with suitable mission publications.
- Jean-François Clervoy
- Jean-François Clervoy & Claude Nicollier
- Frank De Winne
- Pedro Duque
- Léopold Eyharts & Hans Schlegel
- Dirk Frimout
- Christer Fuglesang
- Umberto Guidoni
- Claudie Haigneré
- André Kuipers
- Ulf Merbold
- Paolo Nespoli
- Thomas Reiter
- Hans Schlegel
- Gerhard Thiele
- Roberto Vittori
Jean-François Clervoy
STS-84 1997
Jean-François Clervoy & Claude Nicollier
STS-103 (Hubble 3rd servicing mission) 1999
Frank De Winne
Odissea 2002
OasISS 2009
Pedro Duque
Cervantes 2003
Léopold Eyharts & Hans Schlegel
Columbus (STS-122) 2008
Dirk Frimout
ATLAS-1 (STS-45) 1992
Christer Fuglesang
Celsius 2006
Alissé 2009
Umberto Guidoni
STS-100 2001
Claudie Haigneré
Andromède 2001
André Kuipers
PromISSe 2009
Ulf Merbold
Spacelab-1 (STS-9) 1983
Spacelab IML-1 (STS-42) 1992
Euromir 94 1994
Paolo Nespoli
Esperia 2007
Vita 2017
Thomas Reiter
Euromir 95 1995
Astrolab (STS-121) 2006
Hans Schlegel
Spacelab D-2 (STS-55) 1993
Gerhard Thiele
STS-99 2000
Roberto Vittori
Marco Polo 2002
Eneide 2005
DAMA 2011