{"id":444,"date":"2017-05-30T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T07:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/esa_astronaut_plans_to_expand_our_horizons\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:28:17","slug":"esa_astronaut_plans_to_expand_our_horizons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/fr\/esa_astronaut_plans_to_expand_our_horizons\/","title":{"rendered":"Un astronaute de l'ESA va \u00e9largir nos horizons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>L\u2019astronaute de l\u2019ESA Alexander Gerst pr\u00e9pare son second s\u00e9jour sur la Station spatiale internationale. Il nous d\u00e9voile aujourd\u2019hui le logo et le nom de sa mission Horizons, qui aura lieu l\u2019an prochain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>De prime abord, le logo de sa mission pourrait para\u00eetre tr\u00e8s simple, mais il contient en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 de nombreux messages. Arriverez-vous \u00e0 tous les retrouver ?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Un visage humain qui regarde vers l\u2019espace ;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Une fine ligne bleue qui repr\u00e9sente l\u2019atmosph\u00e8re de la Terre ;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Une immense courbe blanche sous l\u2019atmosph\u00e8re, qui illustre l\u2019horizon tel que nous le voyons sur Terre ;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Un grand arc au-dessus de l\u2019atmosph\u00e8re, qui symbolise la Station spatiale internationale en orbite autour de notre plan\u00e8te ;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Un petit drapeau noir, rouge et jaune qui nous rappelle qu\u2019Alexander est originaire d\u2019Allemagne ;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Un ensemble de lignes bleues repr\u00e9sentant la Station spatiale internationale.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"1920\" data-credit=\"ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2017\/05\/Alexander_Gerst\" 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\/2017\/05\/alexander_gerst\/17867711-3-eng-GB\/Alexander_Gerst.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Gerst\"><figcaption>Alexander Gerst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alexander nous explique le nom de sa mission Horizons : \u00ab Ce terme symbolise l\u2019inconnu et, quand je regarde vers l\u2019horizon, je ne peux m\u2019emp\u00eacher de penser aux myst\u00e8res qu\u2019il rec\u00e8le. C\u2019est pour cette raison pr\u00e9cise que nous menons des exp\u00e9riences scientifiques sur la Station spatiale : nous voulons \u00e9largir les horizons de l\u2019humanit\u00e9. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Jan Woerner, le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019ESA, est lui aussi tr\u00e8s enthousiasm\u00e9 par la mission Horizons : \u00ab Je suis heureux de savoir qu\u2019Alexander Gerst effectuera prochainement sa seconde mission sur la Station spatiale internationale. Le nom de cette mission est particuli\u00e8rement appropri\u00e9, car cette derni\u00e8re devrait ouvrir de nouveaux horizons en mati\u00e8re de vols habit\u00e9s et de robotique. Les missions de longue dur\u00e9e sont d\u2019une importance capitale. Elles permettent de mener de nouvelles exp\u00e9riences m\u00e9dicales, utiles aussi bien sur Terre que pour des projets d\u2019exploration spatiale au-del\u00e0 de l\u2019orbite terrestre. \u00bb<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"1920\" data-credit=\"ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2017\/05\/Alexander_is_an_experienced_spacewalker\" 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\/2017\/05\/alexander_is_an_experienced_spacewalker\/17894610-2-eng-GB\/Alexander_is_an_experienced_spacewalker.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander is an experienced spacewalker\"><figcaption>Alexander est un astronaute exp\u00e9riment\u00e9 en mati\u00e8re de sorties dans l'espace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>La mission Horizons devrait \u00eatre lanc\u00e9e en mai 2018. Alexander ralliera la Station spatiale internationale en compagnie de l\u2019astronaute de la NASA Jeanette Epps et du commandant russe Sergei Prokopyev. Nous ne manquerons pas de vous tenir inform\u00e9s sur sa mission !<\/p>\n<p><b>Fait int\u00e9ressant :<\/b> La premi\u00e8re mission d'Alexander \u00e0 bord de la Station spatiale internationale s'appelait \u00ab Blue Dot \u00bb et s'est d\u00e9roul\u00e9e de mai \u00e0 novembre 2014.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst is preparing for his return visit to the International Space Station next year. He has now revealed the logo and name for this upcoming mission: Horizons. 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