Matthias Maurer
German - ( ESA)
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Date of Birth: March 18, 1970
Age: 50
Maurer applied to the European Space Agency as an astronaut in 2008, but was not initially appointed to the European Astronaut Corps. He formally joined the European Astronaut Corps in July 2015. In March 2018, he gained certification to perform International Space Station-related spacewalks in the American spacesuit EMU. In 2018 he also successfully graduated from both basic astronaut training and pre-assignment training and thus became fully certified to go to space. On 28 July 2020, Maurer was announced as a backup for Thomas Pesquet for the ISS expedition 65. His own flight is scheduled to take place no earlier than September 2021 aboard SpaceX Crew-3.
Upcoming Spaceflights
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX USCV-3 (NASA Crew Flight 3)
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 1, 2021, midnight
Spaceflight Record
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The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,000 employees. ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 16
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Electron
Another One Leaves The Crust
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandDedicated mission for a single communication microsatellite that will enable specific frequencies to support future services from orbit. The launch w…
Long March 3
Tiantong-1-03
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaTiantong-1-03 is the third satellite in a series of Chinese geostationary communication satellites.
LauncherOne
Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX)
Mojave Air and Space Port - Air launch to orbitThis is Virgin Orbit's second attempt to launch the LauncherOne rocket. It also carries cubesats which were contracted by NASA through Venture Class …
New Shepard
NS-14
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, USAFor this mission, the New Shepard crew capsule will be outfitted with upgrades for the astronaut experience as the program nears human space flight. …
