ESA Astronaut training in Houston

Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2014 | 06:30 - 06:55 GMT | 08:30 - 08:55 CEST

Replay: Thu, Jul 31, 2014 | 15:00 - 15:25 GMT | 17:00 - 17:25 CEST

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

Samantha Cristoforetti from Italy joined ESA's astronaut corps in 2009. An experienced fighter pilot and Captain in the Italian Air Force, she's been proposed by the Italian Space Agency ASI to fly to the International Space Station later this year. After extensive international training she'll be launched from The Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, becoming the eighth ESA astronaut to undergo a long-duration mission onboard the ISS.

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/Samantha_Cristoforetti

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2014/07/Samantha_Cristoforetti_ESA_astronaut_training_in_Houston

Script:
EbS97510.doc

Satellite Parameters: Eutelsat 9A at 9 degrees E, transponder 59, downlink frequency 11900.1 horizontally polarised, symbol rate 27,500 FEC 2/3.