{"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\/nb\/esa_selects_six_of_the_best\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA velger ut seks av de beste"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>N\u00e5 som den internasjonale romstasjonen (ISS) snart er ferdigstilt, retter Europas bemannede romfartsprogram blikket mot fremtiden. Den 20. mai 2009 kunngjorde ESA de seks vinnerne av en ett\u00e5rig konkurranse for \u00e5 finne den neste generasjonen astronauter. Nykommerne skal n\u00e5 bli en del av det europeiske astronautkorpset og begynne oppl\u00e6ringen for \u00e5 forberede seg p\u00e5 fremtidige oppdrag til ISS og videre ut i rommet. De er de f\u00f8rste nye rekruttene som blir med i det europeiske astronautkorpset siden 1992.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I kullet fra 2009, som alle er i tretti\u00e5rene, inng\u00e5r:<\/p>\n<p>1. Samantha Cristoforetti (italiener), jagerpilot i det italienske luftforsvaret.<br \/>2. Alexander Gerst (tysk), fysiker og forsker.<br \/>3. Andreas Mogensen (dansker), ingeni\u00f8r og ekspert p\u00e5 styring og kontroll av romfart\u00f8y.<br \/>4. Luca Parmitano (italiener), pilot i det italienske luftforsvaret.<br \/>5. Timothy Peake (britisk), milit\u00e6r testpilot i de britiske v\u00e6pnede styrkene.<br \/>6. Thomas Pesquet (fransk), en forskningsingeni\u00f8r som n\u00e5 er pilot hos Air France.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"3500\" data-credit=\"ESA - S. 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Over 8 400 personer sendte inn s\u00f8knader. I l\u00f8pet av de p\u00e5f\u00f8lgende m\u00e5nedene ble s\u00f8kerne n\u00f8ye vurdert, inntil det til slutt var seks fremragende kandidater igjen. De nye astronautene skal starte sin grunnoppl\u00e6ring ved Det europeiske astronautsenteret i K\u00f6ln i Tyskland. De skal ogs\u00e5 bli en del av en ny gruppe internasjonale astronauter som skal forberedes p\u00e5 oppdrag til den internasjonale romstasjonen fra og med 2013. Det er ogs\u00e5 sannsynlig at mange av dem en dag vil fly til M\u00e5nen.<\/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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