{"id":1053,"date":"2006-07-06T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-06T06:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/lift_off_for_esa_astrolab_mission\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:35:20","slug":"lift_off_for_esa_astrolab_mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/fr\/lift_off_for_esa_astrolab_mission\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9collage pour la mission Astrolab de l'ESA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Une autre \u00e9tape importante du programme europ\u00e9en de vols habit\u00e9s a \u00e9t\u00e9 franchie le 4 juillet avec le 115\u00e8me vol spatial, parti de Cap Canaveral en Floride. A bord de Discovery se trouvait un \u00e9quipage international de sept astronautes, dont l'Allemand Thomas Reiter, \u00e2g\u00e9 de 48 ans. Reiter sera le premier Europ\u00e9en \u00e0 passer plusieurs mois \u00e0 bord de la Station spatiale internationale (ISS).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Astronaute de l'ESA depuis 1992, Reiter a d\u00e9j\u00e0 une grande exp\u00e9rience de la vie en apesanteur. Il y a dix ans, il a battu le record europ\u00e9en d'endurance spatiale au cours d'une mission de 179 jours \u00e0 bord de la station russe Mir.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"3072\" data-credit=\"Sander Koenen\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2006\/07\/Thomas_Reiter_during_the_walk-out_for_the_first_launch_attempt_on_1_July_20062\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2006\/07\/thomas_reiter_during_the_walk-out_for_the_first_launch_attempt_on_1_july_20062\/17873853-2-eng-GB\/Thomas_Reiter_during_the_walk-out_for_the_first_launch_attempt_on_1_July_2006.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Reiter during the walk-out for the first launch attempt on 1 July 2006\"><figcaption>Thomas Reiter lors de la sortie sur le site de lancement pour la premi\u00e8re tentative de lancement, le 1er juillet 2006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>L'amarrage de la navette Discovery \u00e0 l'ISS est pr\u00e9vu le 6 juillet vers 17 h 00 CEST (16 h 00 BST). \u00c0 son arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 la Station spatiale internationale, Reiter rejoindra l'\u00e9quipage actuel de la station, compos\u00e9 du cosmonaute russe Pavel Vinogradov et de l'astronaute de la NASA Jeffrey Williams. Ce sera la premi\u00e8re fois depuis mai 2003 que trois personnes vivront \u00e0 bord de l'ISS.<\/p>\n<p>Reiter endossera le r\u00f4le de deuxi\u00e8me ing\u00e9nieur de bord au sein de l'\u00e9quipage Expedition 13. Il sera responsable du guidage et pilotage de la Station, de la r\u00e9gulation de l'ambiance, des syst\u00e8mes de soutien de la vie, de l'hygi\u00e8ne et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de l'\u00e9quipage et des activit\u00e9s extrav\u00e9hiculaires. Il deviendra \u00e9galement le premier europ\u00e9en \u00e0 effectuer une sortie extrav\u00e9hiculaire depuis l'ISS.<\/p>\n<p>Pendant sa mission, baptis\u00e9e Astrolab, Reiter proc\u00e8dera \u00e0 une s\u00e9rie d'exp\u00e9riences europ\u00e9ennes, notamment des \u00e9tudes sur le corps humain, sur la psychologie des astronautes, la microbiologie et l'irradiation. Discovery livrera \u00e0 la Station un cong\u00e9lateur mis au point par l'ESA et un laboratoire destin\u00e9 \u00e0 la culture de plantes dans l'espace.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next important step in Europe\u2019s human spaceflight programme began on 4 July when the 115th space shuttle flight blasted off from Florida. 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