European Space Agency (THAT) has more than 22 thousand people in its program to train new astronauts. application reported to have been made.
In the news on the “Spacenews” website, it was stated that the number of applications increased 3 times compared to the last program organized in 2008.
New astronaut 22 thousand candidates, 5 thousand 419 of whom were women, applied to take place in the class.
ESA’s human resources experts will call 1500 candidates among the applicants for a psychological evaluation in the first place. Candidates will be subjected to a 4-stage elimination process after the psychological evaluation.
At the end of the qualifying process, a new astronaut class, which is planned to consist of 4 to 6 people, will be determined.
Currently, 2 German, 2 Italian, 1 British, 1 French and 1 Danish astronauts are serving in ESA. ESA astronauts take part in rotating teams on the International Space Station.
THE AGENCY IS IN OPERATION SINCE 1975
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The European Space Agency (ESA) was established in 1975 as an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the exploration of space. The headquarters of the organization, which currently has 22 members, is in Paris, the capital of France.
It has a budget of 3,000,000,000 Euros in 2006 and approximately 1900 employees (excluding national space agencies).
ESA’s space flight program, particularly the International Space Station program with the participation of astronauts, includes unmanned reconnaissance flights to the planets and the Moon. ESA also works in many fields such as telecommunications, navigation, research, observation of space.
ESA astronauts took a spacewalk a few days ago
Astronauts went on a spacewalk to install new solar panels on the International Space Station.
US Aerospace Agency (NASA) astronaut Shane Kimbrough and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet began the spacewalk to continue the installation of solar panels, which was delayed due to technical problems on Wednesday.
The spacewalk took about 6.5 hours. The new panels will help meet the space station’s power needs.
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