{"id":15046,"date":"2018-04-19T08:28:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T08:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/?p=15046"},"modified":"2020-05-27T05:58:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T05:58:58","slug":"looking-at-horizons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/looking-at-horizons\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Horizons"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15047\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15047\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Looking_at_Horizons_node_full_image_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Looking_at_Horizons_node_full_image_2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Looking_at_Horizons_node_full_image_2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013I. Kapusniak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst gave his last press conference in Europe ahead of his June launch to the International Space Station for the Horizons mission today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Over 150 members of the press attended the event at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne to discuss Horizon\u2019s science goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">On Alexander\u2019s busy six-month schedule in space are over 65 experiments investigating human cells, airway health, lighter weight materials and technology that will pave the way for lunar exploration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Alexander remarked on how proud he was to be conducting research that is advancing medicines and vaccinations on Earth as well as human exploration of deep space. He is looking forward to returning to the Columbus laboratory, Europe\u2019s gateway to space research and home to European astronauts, to continue this important work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">During the second half of the Horizons mission Alexander will serve as the Space Station commander. This is the second time a European will hold this leadership role. ESA astronaut Frank de Winne was the first in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cWith the Horizons mission, I want to make people realise that there is always a chance to go beyond their personal horizons, doing something that they have never done before. For me, becoming the Space Station commander for the first time was a learning experience and something that I had to work hard for. It might be scary at the beginning, but then you grow into that position. And at the end, you realise that it was much easier than you thought.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst gave his last press conference in Europe ahead of his June launch to the International Space Station for the Horizons mission today. Over 150 members of the press attended the event at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne to discuss Horizon\u2019s science goals. 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