Andreas Mogensen, Iris missionParmitano Luca (Italy)Samantha Cristoforetti, Futura MissionAstronaut Class of 2009Thomas Pesquet, Proxima missionPesquet Thomas (France)Cristoforetti Samantha (Italy)Reiter Thomas (Germany)Timothy Peake, Principia mission
Astronauts visiting the NASA Kennedy Space Center
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Europe's new astronaut candidates and ESA astronaut André Kuipers visiting the NASA Kennedy Space Center. Europe's new astronaut candidates are : Andreas Mogensen, Samantha Cristoforetti, Timothy Peake, Alexander Gerst, Thomas Pesquet and Luca Parmitano. They are officially called astronaut candidates until they complete basic training and pass a set of exams. This will happen in autumn 2010. The first of these new astronauts is expected to fly in space in 2012 or 2013.
