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Alexander Gerst

Active· ESA · German

Alexander Gerst

Alexander Gerst is a German European Space Agency astronaut and geophysicist, who was selected in 2009 to take part in space training. He was part of the...

Spaceflights

2

Time in space

362days

Spacewalks

1

Spacewalking

6 h 13 m

in total

Spacewalks

Bars drawn to scale, 0 to 8 hours

Expedition 41 EVA 1
Oct 7, 2014
6 h 13 m

0 h2 h4 h6 h8 h

Flights

Success· Flight 2

Soyuz MS-09

Launched: Jun 6, 2018 · 11:12 UTC
Rocket: Soyuz FG
From: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Destination: International Space Station
Landed: Dec 20, 2018

Crewmates

Sergey ProkopyevRoscosmos
Serena Auñón-ChancellorNASA

Success· Flight 1

Soyuz TMA-13M

Launched: May 28, 2014 · 19:57 UTC
Rocket: Soyuz FG
From: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Destination: International Space Station
Landed: Nov 10, 2014

Crewmates

Maksim SurayevRoscosmos
Gregory R. WisemanNASA

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Biography

Alexander Gerst is a German European Space Agency astronaut and geophysicist, who was selected in 2009 to take part in space training.

He was part of the International Space Station Expedition 40 and 41 from May to November 2014.

Gerst returned to space on June 6, 2018, as part of Expedition 56/57 as the ISS Commander.

Facts

Agency: ESA
Status: Active
Nationality: German
Born: May 3, 1976
First flight: May 28, 2014

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