{"id":594,"date":"2014-05-02T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/alexander_s_blue_dot_mission\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:30:03","slug":"alexander_s_blue_dot_mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/alexander_s_blue_dot_mission\/","title":{"rendered":"A miss\u00e3o \u00abBlue Dot\u00bb de Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>No dia 28 de maio, o astronauta da ESA Alexander Gerst ser\u00e1 lan\u00e7ado para a Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Espacial Internacional juntamente com o astronauta da NASA Reid Wiseman e o cosmonauta Maxim Surayev.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fixados sobre 274 toneladas de combust\u00edvel de foguete, viajar\u00e3o a 28 000 km\/h e chegar\u00e3o \u00e0 ISS em menos de sete horas. O lan\u00e7amento marcar\u00e1 o in\u00edcio da miss\u00e3o \u00abBlue Dot\u00bb de Alexander.<\/p>\n<p>Sediado no Centro Europeu de Astronautas da ESA, em Col\u00f3nia, na Alemanha, tem vindo a treinar para a sua miss\u00e3o desde 2011. A sua aventura espacial levou-o ao Canad\u00e1, aos EUA, ao Jap\u00e3o e \u00e0 R\u00fassia para treinar com rob\u00f4s, naves espaciais, hipergravidade e t\u00e9cnicas de sobreviv\u00eancia.<\/p>\n<p>Podes acompanhar o Alex lendo o seu <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esa.int\/alexander-gerst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog pessoal<\/a>. No seu blogue, ele explica por que precisa de conhecimentos de ci\u00eancias, engenharia e medicina, bem como de mec\u00e2nica orbital, pilotagem e russo!<\/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>Alexander \u00e9 vulcan\u00f3logo e sente-se fascinado pelo desconhecido e pela explora\u00e7\u00e3o. Escolheu o tema \u201cmoldar o futuro\u201d para a sua miss\u00e3o Blue Dot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOs voos espaciais tripulados n\u00e3o s\u00f3 nos proporcionam uma perspetiva \u00fanica para compreendermos melhor o planeta em que vivemos, como tamb\u00e9m quem somos. Somos uma esp\u00e9cie de exploradores e estamos a moldar o nosso pr\u00f3prio futuro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A sua miss\u00e3o incluir\u00e1 in\u00fameras experi\u00eancias, incluindo algumas de car\u00e1ter educativo que envolvem o movimento de bolas de sab\u00e3o atrav\u00e9s do som.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander \u00e9 o 14.\u00ba astronauta da ESA a viajar para o espa\u00e7o e ser\u00e1 o terceiro astronauta alem\u00e3o a viver na ISS.<\/p>\n<nav class=\"related\" aria-label=\"Relacionado\">\n<h2 class=\"related__heading\">Relacionado<\/h2>\n<div class=\"grid related__grid\">\n<div class=\"grid-item\">\n<article class=\"card focuson agency\"><a class=\"card__link\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esa.int\/alexander-gerst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail\"><span class=\"dimmer\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<header class=\"entry\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Blog Blue Dot<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 28 May, 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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