Containment, he asks for more. It's official, after his first Proxima mission, astronaut Thomas Pesquet will leave in 2021 to spend six more long months in orbit around Earth in the International Space Station (ISS). On its website, the European Space Agency (ESA) indicates that it is about to join the NASA training center in Houston, Texas to prepare for the trip.
The specialists have the operational part well in hand but they lack the little extra that will take off the mission: a name. A standard name which will become the hashtag of this new scientific journey and will appear on the coat of arms of the space suit of Thomas Pesquet. And, to find it, ESA launched, in collaboration with Cnes, a general public competition, relayed by the astronaut in person on his twittter account.
CALL FOR IDEAS 🚀No need to have the scientific spirit to contribute to a space mission: I call on everyone to help me find the perfect mission name before my launch next year! See you on https://t.co/alFc2N6sum, good luck 👨‍🚀 pic.twitter.com/NKnLkkCUbO
- Thomas Pesquet (@Thom_astro) April 29, 2020Enough to spice up family games or virtual aperitifs with friends if you are fed up with online Pictionnary. This mission, if you accept it, must be completed via a form before May 12. With simple constraints: the word (without hyphen) must be evocative and easy to pronounce in several languages ​​(in particular English and French). No proper name, except mythological allusion.
And what does it gain, in addition to the pride of having contributed to the great adventure? A dedicated badge which will have flown in the ISS upon return from the mission.
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