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The European Space Agency’s newest astronaut recruit talks about his exhilarating experiences in astronaut training and what the future has in store for space flight.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Watch the launch of ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian commander Yuri Malenchenko to the International Space Station on 15 December at 11:03 GMT (12:03 CET).
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
The question that astronauts are most frequently asked is ‘How do you go to the toilet in space?’ This rather puts the cart before the horse because the next most popular questions concern the other end of the alimentary canal: ‘How do you eat in space?’, ‘What does the food taste like up…
Ages: not applicable;
Where do astronauts get their food? What happens to their waste? Adam Williams from the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, describes the development of an unmanned shuttle to supply the International Space Station.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Shortly before Christmas 2006, German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter returned from the International Space Station. A month later, Barbara Warmbein asked him about his trip, the experiments he did – and how to become an astronaut.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 43
Becoming an astronaut: interview with Matthias Maurer
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 34
Watch Principia live
Topics: Events
| Issue 21
The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More, by Charles T Bourland and Gregory L Vogt
Topics: Resources
| Issue 8
The Automated Transfer Vehicle – supporting Europe in space
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 5
Down to Earth: interview with Thomas Reiter
Topics: Physics, Biology, Astronomy / space
