{"id":1055,"date":"2007-01-15T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-15T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/record_breakers_return_to_earth\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:35:22","slug":"record_breakers_return_to_earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/fr\/record_breakers_return_to_earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Retour sur Terre de deux astronautes tr\u00e8s sp\u00e9ciaux"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Space Shuttle Discovery a atterri \u00e0 Cape Canaveral, en Floride le 22 d\u00e9cembre 2006, marquant la fin d'une mission couronn\u00e9e de succ\u00e8s sur la Station spatiale internationale (ISS). Parmi les sept membres de l'\u00e9quipage \u00e0 bord de Discovery, se trouvaient deux astronautes de l'ESA tr\u00e8s sp\u00e9ciaux pour avoir battu deux records : l'Allemand Thomas Reiter et Christer Fuglesang, le premier Su\u00e9dois \u00e0 \u00eatre all\u00e9 dans l'espace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Le retour de Discovery met un terme \u00e0 la deuxi\u00e8me mission spatiale de Reiter. Il y a dix ans, l'astronaute avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 pass\u00e9 179 jours en orbite lors de son s\u00e9jour sur la station spatiale russe, Mir. Sa r\u00e9cente mission, baptis\u00e9e Astrolab, a d\u00e9but\u00e9 le 4 juillet 2006 et a dur\u00e9 171 jours. Avec pr\u00e8s d'une ann\u00e9e enti\u00e8re dans l'espace \u00e0 son cr\u00e9dit, l'ancien pilote d'essai bat le record europ\u00e9en du plus long s\u00e9jour cumul\u00e9 jamais effectu\u00e9 dans l'espace.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"3032\" data-credit=\"NASA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2006\/12\/Fuglesang_and_Reiter_-_two_ESA_astronauts_reunited_in_space3\" 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\/12\/fuglesang_and_reiter_-_two_esa_astronauts_reunited_in_space3\/17892575-2-eng-GB\/Fuglesang_and_Reiter_-_two_ESA_astronauts_reunited_in_space.jpg\" alt=\"Fuglesang and Reiter - two ESA astronauts reunited in space\"><figcaption>Fuglesang et Reiter : deux astronautes de l'ESA se retrouvent dans l'espace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pendant sa mission sur l'ISS, Reiter \u00e9tait technicien de bord aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s d'astronautes am\u00e9ricains et russes. En plus de ses t\u00e2ches quotidiennes sur la Station, Thomas \u00e9tait charg\u00e9 d'effectuer un programme d'exp\u00e9riences scientifiques et d'activit\u00e9s p\u00e9dagogiques. Pendant une sortie dans l'espace qui a dur\u00e9 5 heures et 54 minutes, lui et l'astronaute de la NASA, Jeffrey Williams, ont install\u00e9 du nouveau mat\u00e9riel \u00e0 l'ext\u00e9rieur de la Station.<\/p>\n<p>Fuglesang aussi a \u00e9t\u00e9 occup\u00e9 pendant sa visite de 13 jours sur l'ISS. Il a en effet effectu\u00e9 trois sorties dans l'espace \u2013 ce qui fait de lui le premier astronaute de l'ESA \u00e0 \u00eatre sorti \u00e0 trois reprises au cours d'une m\u00eame mission. Pendant ces 18 heures pass\u00e9es \u00e0 flotter au-dessus de la Terre, il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 l'installation d'une nouvelle section de l'ISS, a rebranch\u00e9 ses lignes d'alimentation et a d\u00e9bloqu\u00e9 un panneau solaire qui \u00e9tait coinc\u00e9.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space Shuttle Discovery landed at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 22 December 2006, marking the end of a successful mission to the International Space Station (ISS). 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