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4 astronauts training at Star City

Date: Tue, Oct 28, 2014 | 07:30 - 07:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CET

Replay: Tue, Oct 28, 2014 | 16:00 - 16:15 GMT | 17:00 - 17:15 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

With ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst due to return on November 10th after six months onboard the ISS, Samantha Cristoforetti is set to fly to the station for a long-duration mission on November 24th. She'll be launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, and is currently joined at Star City by three other ESA astronauts – whose first missions are scheduled for 2015 and 2016.

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

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2014/10/Four_ESA_astronauts_training_at_Star_City

Script:
EbS97564.doc

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