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Video replay: ESA selects new European astronauts

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ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang during the second spacewalk of the STS-116 mission to the International Space Station. Fuglesang stands on a platform at the end of the Station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, during operations to relocate two CETA carts.

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Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, and Simonetta Di Pippo, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight, present Europe's new astronauts at ESA Headquarters.

Credits: ESA, 2009

Last update: 25 May 2009

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