{"id":595,"date":"2014-02-18T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T07:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/inside_astronaut_alex_s_head\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:30:03","slug":"inside_astronaut_alex_s_head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/fr\/inside_astronaut_alex_s_head\/","title":{"rendered":"Dans la t\u00eate d\u2019Alex"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Le compte \u00e0 rebours est lanc\u00e9... dans exactement 100 jours, l\u2019astronaute de l\u2019ESA Alexander Gerst d\u00e9collera pour la Station spatiale internationale en compagnie de l\u2019astronaute de la NASA Reid Wiseman et du cosmonaute Maxim Surayev.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dans leur capsule Soyouz install\u00e9e au-dessus de 247 tonnes d\u2019ergols, ils voyageront \u00e0 28 000 km\/h pour rallier l\u2019ISS en moins de sept heures.<\/p>\n<p>Ce lancement marquera \u00e9galement le d\u00e9but de la mission Blue Dot d\u2019Alexander. Depuis 2011, il s\u2019entra\u00eene au Centre europ\u00e9en des astronautes de Cologne, en Allemagne. La pr\u00e9paration de son aventure spatiale l\u2019a \u00e9galement fait voyager jusqu\u2019au Canada, aux \u00c9tats-Unis, au Japon ou en Russie pour se familiariser avec la robotique, les engins spatiaux, l\u2019hypergravit\u00e9 et les techniques de survie.<\/p>\n<p>Aujourd'hui, Alex vous invite \u00e0 suivre son parcours de formation et \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir la vie d'un astronaute en lisant son <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esa.int\/alexander-gerst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog personnel<\/a>. Dans son blog, il explique pourquoi il a besoin de comp\u00e9tences en sciences, en ing\u00e9nierie et en m\u00e9decine, mais aussi en m\u00e9canique orbitale, en pilotage et en russe !<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"960\" data-credit=\"ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2014\/02\/Alexander_spacesuit_test2\" 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\/2014\/02\/alexander_spacesuit_test2\/18245366-2-eng-GB\/Alexander_spacesuit_test.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Volcanologue de formation, Alexander est fascin\u00e9 par l\u2019inconnu et par l\u2019exploration. Selon lui, la mission Blue Dot va contribuer \u00e0 \u00ab fa\u00e7onner l\u2019avenir \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Les vols spatiaux habit\u00e9s nous offrent la perspective unique de mieux comprendre la plan\u00e8te sur laquelle nous vivons, mais \u00e9galement de mieux nous conna\u00eetre. Nous sommes des explorateurs modernes, et nous fa\u00e7onnons notre propre avenir. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Pendant sa mission, Alexander conduira de nombreuses exp\u00e9riences comprenant notamment un programme \u00e9ducatif consistant \u00e0 d\u00e9placer de bulles de savon avec des ondes sonores.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander sera le quatorzi\u00e8me astronaute de l\u2019ESA \u00e0 voyager dans l\u2019espace ainsi que le troisi\u00e8me allemand \u00e0 s\u00e9journer sur l\u2019ISS.<\/p>\n<p>Suivez les pr\u00e9paratifs d\u2019Alexander jusqu\u2019au lancement de sa mission au mois de mai prochain, et d\u00e9couvrez pourquoi les astronautes doivent s\u2019entra\u00eener pour \u00eatre \u00e0 la fois \u00ab des chercheurs, des concierges, des techniciens de surface, des m\u00e9decins, des pompiers, des ing\u00e9nieurs et des cobayes \u00bb !<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The clock is ticking\u2026 in 100 days ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst will be launched to the International Space Station together with NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev. 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