ESA participants of the helicopter underwater escape training

Members of ESA’s astronaut support teams participating in a helicopter underwater escape training. This training is mandatory for people involved in astronaut landing operations, including flight surgeons and photographers.

Back from right to left: Alexander Karl (astronaut operations team), Alexander Gerst (ESA astronaut and astronauts operations team lead), Melanie Cowan (video, photography and ISS imagery), Stephane Corvaja (image production administrator), Sonja Brungs (crew support engineer and astronauts operations team deputy), Alessandro Alcibiade (flight surgeon).

Front from left to right: Adrianos Golemis (flight surgeon), Andreas Orth (crew support engineer), Andreas Lundt (astronaut operations team), Stephen Alamo (flight surgeon).