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Matthias Maurer
Matthias Josef Maurer (born 18 March 1970) is a German European Space Agency astronaut and Materials scientist, who was selected in 2015 to take part in space training. Biography Maurer graduated from in Sankt Wendel, Saarland, in 1989.) He then began his compulsory civilian service as a paramedic with the Malteser Emergency Service. Afterwards he studied materials science and technology at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, the EEIGM ( École européenne d'ingénieurs en génie des matériaux, "European School for Materials Technology", part of the Université de Lorraine) in Nancy, France, the University of Leeds, UK, and at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) in Barcelona, Spain. From 1999 to 2004, Maurer completed his doctorate at the Institute of Materials Sciences of the RWTH Aachen University, Germany, where he received his engineering doctorate (Dr.-Ing.). His dissertation entitled "Lightweight composites made of al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SpaceX Crew-3
SpaceX Crew-3 was the fourth operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the third overall crewed orbital flight of the Commercial Crew Program. The mission successfully launched on 11 November 2021 at 02:03:31 UTC to the International Space Station. It was the maiden flight of Crew Dragon Endurance. This launch brought the total number of humans who have been to space to more than 600 with Maurer (600) and Barron (601). Name Crew Dragon capsules have been given names by their initial crews — '' Endeavour'' for the first, and '' Resilience'' for the second. On 7 October 2021, it was announced that the third capsule will be called ''Endurance''. The name honors the SpaceX and NASA teams that endured through a pandemic, building the spacecraft and training the astronauts who flew it. The name also honors ''Endurance'', the ship used by Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The three-masted vessel sank in 1915 after being bound in ice before reaching An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
