{"id":777096,"date":"2024-02-13T02:47:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T07:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=777096"},"modified":"2024-02-13T02:47:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T07:47:52","slug":"new-year-wishes-from-esas-european-astronaut-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=777096","title":{"rendered":"New Year wishes from ESA\u2019s European Astronaut Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>ESA astronaut candidates Sophie Adenot, Rosemary Coogan, Pablo \u00c1lvarez Fern\u00e1ndez, Rapha\u00ebl Li\u00e9geois, and Marco Sieber, ESA members of the reserve John McFall and S\u0142awosz Uzna\u0144ski, and Katherine Bennell-Pegg from the Australian Space Agency share their heartfelt New Year wishes in their native languages from inside the Columbus mock-up at ESA\u2019s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The astronaut candidates are currently undergoing a one-year basic training programme primarily conducted at EAC. In addition, John McFall is contributing as subject matter expert in the Fly! Feasibility Study, focusing on understanding what it would take for people with physical disabilities to become professional astronauts and safely participate in meaningful space missions. S\u0142awosz Uzna\u0144ski recently joined the European Astronaut Corps as an ESA project astronaut, dedicated to his mission duties for a future spaceflight opportunity. Meanwhile, Australian astronaut candidate Katherine Bennell-Pegg is currently seconded to ESA for basic training.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<label style=\"display: block; font-size: 0.9em; color: #8197A6; margin: 3rem 0 -1rem 0;\">Embed code<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea rows=\"4\" cols=\"60\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Year wishes from ESA\u2019s European Astronaut Centre\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/COVI3a1GGPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/textarea><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Videos\/2024\/01\/New_Year_wishes_from_ESA_s_European_Astronaut_Centre?rand=772187\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESA astronaut candidates Sophie Adenot, Rosemary Coogan, Pablo \u00c1lvarez Fern\u00e1ndez, Rapha\u00ebl Li\u00e9geois, and Marco Sieber, ESA members of the reserve John McFall and S\u0142awosz Uzna\u0144ski, and Katherine Bennell-Pegg from the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":777097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=777096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/777097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=777096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=777096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=777096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}