Alexander Gerst to be Space Station commander

Alexander Gerst to be Space Station commander Paris (ESA) May 20, 2016 - ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst has been assigned a new mission to the International Space Station, where he will fulfil the role of commander during the second part of his six-month mission in 2018. The news was announced in the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel by ESA Director General Jan Woerner at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. Alexander worked on the Statio ... more

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