Astronaut Matthias Maurer
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The start had to be postponed many times, but then the flight of German astronaut Matthias Maurer proceeded smoothly. Now he has arrived at the International Space Station-as the fourth German in space history.
NGerman astronauts fly for about 20 hours Matthias Maurer Arrive at the International Space Station ISS. NASA announced that the Crew Dragon, carrying Maurer and three of his NASA colleagues, docked at the International Space Station on Friday morning (CET). There is still some technical work to be done before opening the hatch. Then, the crew currently stationed on the International Space Station-NASA astronaut Mark Van der Hei and Russian astronauts Oleg Nowitzki and Peter Dubrov, have been on the space station since April Top-I want to formally welcome the newcomers with the “Welcome Party”.
Maurer and his NASA colleagues Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron took off from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida, USA on Thursday, aboard Elon Musk’s private space company SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. The flight of “Crew Dragon” has been postponed many times before-first because of bad weather conditions, then because of a “minor illness” of one of the crew members, and then the other crew member had to work there. International Space Station Was retrieved.
The 51-year-old German from Saarland is the twelfth German in space and the fourth on the International Space Station-and the first person to fly there in the “Crew Dragon”.On the International Space Station astronaut The European Space Agency Esa will conduct a large number of experiments for about six months at an altitude of about 400 kilometers, and may also complete an outdoor mission. According to NASA statistics, Maurer, who has a PhD in materials science, is the 600th person in space. The last time a German Esa astronaut boarded the International Space Station was Alexander Gerst in 2018.
