ESA's Astronaut Reserve: Astro Chat with Sara García Alonso

Meet Sara García Alonso — biotechnologist, cancer researcher, passionate science communicator and member of ESA’s Astronaut Reserve. She’s our first guest in this miniseries, where we dive into the journey of the ESA Astronaut Reserve and explore the first part of their Astronaut Reserve Training (ART) at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC). Here, our “ARTists” are learning all about ESA and the International Space Station programme, the European space industry and institutions, and gaining hands-on experience in technical skills like spacecraft systems and robotics, as well as human behaviour, scientific lessons, scuba diving, and survival skills. This interview was recorded in November 2024. Find out more about Sara: Check out the ESA Astronaut Reserve Training programme:

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ESA's Astronaut Reserve: Astro Chat with Sara García Alonso is an episode from ESA Explores by European Space Agency.

This episode is 12:59 long.

This episode was published on Mar 13, 2025.

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