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Josef Aschbacher interview from Crew 4 launch night at NASA Kennedy Space Station: I promised to share my interview with our ESA Director General, Josef Aschbacher in this newsletter as we didn’t have room to share in the last edition. After the Crew 4 post-launch press conference at NASA Kennedy, the night when our ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti launched with her 3 NASA crew mates to begin her 6 month mission on the International Space Station, I got a chance to chat with our ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher about the launch, ESA's growing collaboration with NASA on their long-term human space exploration strategy, Women in STEM and Diversity as priority areas in ESA's long-term strategy, and how their astronaut selection process is faring. The new recruits will be announced at this winters Ministerial.
June Stargazing Highlights: See the Strawberry Supermoon on June 14th We’re expecting a Supermoon on June 14th - Supermoons occur at the point in the Moon’s orbit where it’s closest to Earth, called perigee. A ‘perigee’ full Moon appears a little brighter and larger than an average full Moon, and is known by some as a ‘supermoon’. So keep an eye out that evening and lets pray for clear skies! Five planets visible from Friday June 3rd Five planets visible to the naked eye line up in order of their distance from the sun across the pre-dawn sky. For those who can face the early start, and have an unobstructed view of the horizon to the east and south-east, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, could all be visible before the faintest, Mercury, vanishes in the glare of sunrise. At 30 minutes before sunrise on 3-4 June it will be possible to see five planets in a row, in their correct order from the sun and at 45 minutes before sunrise on 24 June the moon joins the planetary lineup. Check out details:
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