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SpaceX Crew-3
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer stands alongside his Crew-3 colleagues, NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari and Kayla Barron. For his first space mission ‘Cosmic Kiss’, Matthias and Crew-3 will be launched to the International Space Station from Florida, USA, on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX Crew-3
ESA-Astronaut Matthias Maurer zusammen mit seinen Crew-3-Kollegen, der NASA-Astronautin Kayla Barron, und den NASA-Astronauten Tom Marshburn und Raja Chari. Für seine erste Weltraummission, "Cosmic Kiss", wird er mit ihnen von Florida, USA, aus mit einem SpaceX Crew Dragon-Raumschiff zur Internationalen Raumstation starten.