SpaceX suit-up

Timelapse video made during ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet’s second mission to the International Space Station, “Alpha”. The camera is setup to take pictures at intervals of two a second, and the pictures are then edited into this video that is around six times faster than real speed.

Thomas shared this video on social media with the caption:

“A timelapse of Crew-2 putting on our spacesuits in preparation for the Dragon relocation in July. We wear the suits to protect us in case of pressure loss or fire whenever we do critical manoeuvres such as launch, docking or undocking. They are unique garments and they have a unique way of putting them on. The boots zip up too! :) They are lightweight, custom-made and overall really well designed, but of course they make floating around a little bit more challenging, like Aki demonstrates at the end :)”

Over 200 experiments are planned during Thomas’ time in space, with 40 European ones and 12 new experiments led by the French space agency CNES.

Latest updates on the Alpha mission can be found via @esaspaceflight on Twitter, with more details on ESA’s exploration blog via thomaspesquet.esa.int.

Background information on the Alpha mission is available at www.esa.int/MissionAlpha with a brochure at www.esa.int/AlphaBrochure.