Europe's astronauts are busy training for the International Spaces Station. Whenever ESA's ISS elements are concerned, training is coordinated at the European Astronaut Centre EAC in Cologne, and for many facilities also taking places there. This TV Exchange was shot in March 2004 during a week of training involving Umberto Guidoni, Hasn Schlegel and Jean-Francois Clervoy, and provides a vivid picture of the daily life of European astronauts.

European Astronaut Training
10.00.41
Cologne and the European Centre for Astronauts. Making a career out of a dream.
That's a 21st century adventure story in Space on Euronews until next Friday.
Cologne: a city with a spiritual past...and now home to Europe's astronauts..
but what do the ordinary folk here think of Man's quest to conquer space.
10.00.51 Vox pop 1
It's important for the advancement of science.
10.00.55Vox pop 2
I want my feet planted firmly on the ground..
10.00.58 Vox Pop Sound Up
01.03 Music up Cut shots cathedral/ soyouz
During the Middle Ages, Man built immense stone cathedrals with steeples
pointing to the sky...nowadays he explores those same skies using power and steel.
10.01.15
This is the European Centre for Astronauts in Cologne:
where a select band of men and women are striving to make their childhood dream a
reality. The first step on a journey which could one day lead to the Stars.
10.01.30 Guidoni at work (set-up)
You have to be a bit spe