Mission Minerva Meets Cosmic Kiss | Samantha & Matthias in Orbit
For the first time since mid 2011, the European Space Agency (ESA) has two astronauts living and working together aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Watch a conversation between Samantha Cristoforetti and Matthias Maurer in this rare moment for Europe in space.
The astronauts’ meeting marks a brief crossover between the start of Samantha’s second space mission, Minerva, and Matthias’s final days in orbit for his first mission, Cosmic Kiss.
Samantha arrived with Crew-4 on April 28, 2022, on SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom, while Matthias will depart with Crew-3 in SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance in May after almost six months on the International Space Station.
In this video Matthias is impressed by Samantha’s floating ability and says it is like she never left. Samantha confirms weightless was the thing she missed the most on Earth and talks about the differences on the Station since her Italian Space Agency ASI-sponsored Futura mission in 2014-15.
Matthias is pleased with what he has achieved in his time on ISS, including the science he has supported and the spacewalk he performed. He wishes Samantha all the best for her mission as she wishes him a safe return to Earth.
Find out more about the Cosmic Kiss: https://bit.ly/ESACosmicKiss
Learn more about Mission Minerva: https://bit.ly/MissionMinerva
Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)
Duration: 4 minutes, 57 seconds
Release Date: May 4, 2022
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