{"id":872,"date":"2009-05-26T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/esa_selects_six_of_the_best\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:33:13","slug":"esa_selects_six_of_the_best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/fr\/esa_selects_six_of_the_best\/","title":{"rendered":"Six astronautes s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9s parmi les meilleurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Avec une station spatiale internationale (ISS) pratiquement compl\u00e8te, le programme europ\u00e9en de vols habit\u00e9s se dirige vers le futur. Le 20 mai 2009, l'ESA a annonc\u00e9 les six laur\u00e9ats d'une comp\u00e9tition d'un an destin\u00e9e \u00e0 s\u00e9lectionner la nouvelle g\u00e9n\u00e9ration d'astronautes. Les nouveaux venus vont rejoindre le Corps des astronautes europ\u00e9ens et commencer l'entra\u00eenement qui les pr\u00e9parera aux missions futures de l'ISS et au-del\u00e0. Ce sont les premi\u00e8res recrues \u00e0 int\u00e9grer le Corps des astronautes europ\u00e9ens depuis 1992.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Compos\u00e9e uniquement de trentenaires, la classe 2009 comprend les \u00e9l\u00e9ments suivants :<\/p>\n<p>1. Samantha Cristoforetti (italienne), pilote de chasse dans l'arm\u00e9e de l'air italienne.<br \/>2. Alexander Gerst (Allemand), physicien et chercheur scientifique.<br \/>3. Andreas Mogensen (danois), ing\u00e9nieur et sp\u00e9cialiste du guidage et du contr\u00f4le des engins spatiaux.<br \/>4. Luca Parmitano (italien), pilote au sein de l'arm\u00e9e de l'air italienne.<br \/>5. Timothy Peake (Britannique), pilote d'essai militaire au sein des forces arm\u00e9es britanniques.<br \/>6. Thomas Pesquet (Fran\u00e7ais), ing\u00e9nieur de recherche devenu pilote chez Air France.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"3500\" data-credit=\"ESA - S. Corvaja, 2009\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2009\/05\/Europe_s_new_astronauts_were_presented_at_a_press_conference_at_ESA_Headquarters8\" 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\/2009\/05\/europe_s_new_astronauts_were_presented_at_a_press_conference_at_esa_headquarters8\/17903640-2-eng-GB\/Europe_s_new_astronauts_were_presented_at_a_press_conference_at_ESA_Headquarters.jpg\" alt=\"Europe&#x27;s new astronauts were presented at a press conference at ESA Headquarters\"><figcaption>Les nouveaux astronautes europ\u00e9ens ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s lors d'une conf\u00e9rence de presse au si\u00e8ge de l'ESA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tous ces nouveaux venus, qui b\u00e9n\u00e9ficient d'une parfaite forme physique, s'adonnent activement \u00e0 des loisirs tels que l'alpinisme, la natation, la plong\u00e9e sous-marine, l'escalade et le parachutisme en chute libre.<\/p>\n<p>La recherche d'individus talentueux d\u00e9sireux de rejoindre le Corps des astronautes europ\u00e9ens a commenc\u00e9 en mai 2008. Plus de 8 400 demandes de candidature ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9pos\u00e9es. Au cours des mois suivants, les candidats ont subi des s\u00e9lections m\u00e9ticuleuses jusqu'\u00e0 ce qu'il ne reste plus que les six vainqueurs. Les petits nouveaux commenceront l'entra\u00eenement de base au Centre europ\u00e9en des astronautes de Cologne, en Allemagne. Ils se joindront \u00e9galement \u00e0 une classe de nouveaux astronautes internationaux destin\u00e9e \u00e0 se pr\u00e9parer aux missions de la Station spatiale internationale \u00e0 partir de 2013. Il est probable que nombre d'entre eux iront un jour sur la Lune.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the International Space Station (ISS) now almost complete, Europe\u2019s human spaceflight programme is looking to the future. 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