• Question: how often do you train astronauts?

    Asked by jack to RocketRich on 15 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Richard Moss

      Richard Moss answered on 15 Mar 2016:


      All astronauts come to the European Astronaut Training center in Cologne, Germany. Each has about 6 weeks in total of training on the European laboratory, learning to maintain it and perform science experiments.
      As a trainer, we each spend about 6 days a month performing training. The rest of the time we are supporting the crew while they are in-orbit and preparing new training sessions.

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