Samantha Cristoforetti (45) sent photos from space on the occasion of the Day of German Unity. Cologne was also represented among the impressive images.
Cologne – Samantha Cristoforetti (45) is a successful ESA astronaut and currently commander of the ISS. On the day of German reunification, you flew the space station over Germany and thus over Colony and sent impressive satellite images.
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Samantha Cristoforetti (45) has been in space for 199 days and 16 hours. © ESA / NASA / dpa
With the inscription “Hello #Germany! Would you like to do a little tour? Let’s go!” the former fighter pilot began his journey. This was followed by spectacular recordings from Hamburg, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Dresden, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Düsseldorf and Cologne, among others.
Cristoforetti greets the various cities in a creative way and sometimes adds interesting information. In Hamburg it’s “Moin!” by the astronaut. You can see the North Sea coast and the researcher asks her fans: “How does the donkey bridge work again to remember the names of the East Frisian islands?”
Photos of Cologne, Bonn and Koblenz follow shortly after. The Rhine clearly meanders past the cathedral city. The city on the left bank of the Rhine is clearly visible. Cologne connoisseurs can see the rings, the green belt meadows dried by the summer sun and the stadium of 1. FC Köln.
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You can also see the shadow that the cathedral casts on the square in front of the central train station.
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Cristoforetti has been stationed on the ISS since April 27, 2022, holding the record for the longest uninterrupted space flight by a European woman. In total, the 45-year-old was in space for 199 days and 16 hours. The Italian was born in Milan in 1977. Now he lives with his family near Cologne. You are a former fighter pilot of the Italian Air Force.
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