{"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\/sv\/esa_selects_six_of_the_best\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA v\u00e4ljer ut sex av de b\u00e4sta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Nu n\u00e4r den internationella rymdstationen (ISS) \u00e4r n\u00e4stan f\u00e4rdigst\u00e4lld blickar Europas bemannade rymdfartsprogram fram\u00e5t. Den 20 maj 2009 tillk\u00e4nnagav ESA de sex vinnarna i en t\u00e4vling som p\u00e5g\u00e5tt i ett \u00e5r och som syftade till att hitta n\u00e4sta generation astronauter. Nykomlingarna kommer nu att ansluta sig till den europeiska astronautk\u00e5ren och p\u00e5b\u00f6rja sin utbildning inf\u00f6r framtida uppdrag till ISS och vidare. De \u00e4r de f\u00f6rsta nya rekryterna till den europeiska astronautk\u00e5ren sedan 1992.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I \u00e5rskullen 2009, d\u00e4r alla \u00e4r i trettio\u00e5rs\u00e5ldern, ing\u00e5r:<\/p>\n<p>1. Samantha Cristoforetti (italiensk), stridspilot vid det italienska flygvapnet.<br \/>2. Alexander Gerst (tysk), fysiker och forskare.<br \/>3. Andreas Mogensen (danskt), ingenj\u00f6r och expert p\u00e5 styrning och kontroll av rymdfarkoster.<br \/>4. Luca Parmitano (italienare), pilot vid det italienska flygvapnet.<br \/>5. Timothy Peake (brittisk), milit\u00e4r testpilot vid de brittiska f\u00f6rsvarsstyrkorna.<br \/>6. Thomas Pesquet (fransk), en forskningsingenj\u00f6r som numera \u00e4r pilot hos 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>Europas nya astronauter presenterades vid en presskonferens vid ESA:s huvudkontor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alla nykomlingarna \u00e4r i utm\u00e4rkt fysisk form och \u00e4gnar sig g\u00e4rna \u00e5t aktiva fritidsaktiviteter som bergskl\u00e4ttring, simning, dykning, kl\u00e4ttring och fallsk\u00e4rmshoppning.<\/p>\n<p>Rekryteringen av beg\u00e5vade personer som ville ansluta sig till den europeiska astronautk\u00e5ren inleddes i maj 2008. \u00d6ver 8 400 personer skickade in ans\u00f6kningar. Under de f\u00f6ljande m\u00e5naderna genomgick de s\u00f6kande en noggrann urvalsprocess tills endast sex framst\u00e5ende kandidater \u00e5terstod. De nya astronauterna kommer att p\u00e5b\u00f6rja sin grundutbildning vid Europeiska astronautcentret i K\u00f6ln, Tyskland. De kommer ocks\u00e5 att ing\u00e5 i en ny grupp internationella astronauter som ska f\u00f6rberedas f\u00f6r uppdrag till den internationella rymdstationen fr\u00e5n och med 2013. Det \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 troligt att m\u00e5nga av dem en dag kommer att flyga till 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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