Matthias Maurer: training for a spacewalk
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer has been training at @NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA. In this video, he walks us through training for a spacewalk with NASA colleagues in the 12 m deep Neutral Buoyancy Facility (NBL).
Matthias travelled to Houston from Europe with fellow ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Thomas has flown to the International Space Station before, while Matthias is training for his first Space Station mission. Mission dates are yet to be confirmed, but as the next two ESA astronauts in line for flights, the pair are working to ensure they fully trained and ready.
Due to the current situation with COVID-19, all personnel are required to adhere to special safety precautions while training. These include wearing a mask – as seen in the clip.
Matthias will continue his training in Houston over the next weeks and months. Stay tuned for further footage of his training and experiences.
Keep up with Matthias’ training: http://matthiasmaurer.esa.int/
This video is also available in:
– German: https://youtu.be/N-rtZKsusVc
– Spanish: https://youtu.be/fcAJ_cVKfTY
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ESA, very cool!
Thanks for sharing.👨🚀 🙂
Matthias Maurer has such a friendly way to explain things and to narrate videos, thanks so much from all family of space fans!
excellent work are my admiration congratulations and a big greeting 👌👍✋
ESA❤
Hey ESA, can we get the 360° video? 🙂
It would be awesome to be able to explore the whole assembly!
Thank you for your great training to work in space !
It is great to have this training day narrated that way- it gives a feeling of being taken along to live the experience. Thank you for the video !
I'll really have to meet you one day Matthias! So great to be able to follow some of your journey. Would love to work for the ESA one day myself and become an astronaut eventually too. You and I share a birthday and university (Leeds) so I'll have to reach out!
Wow!!!!! What a great videoo!!! 🤩
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