After several postponements, Matthias Maurer, a German astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA), successfully launched to the ISS on November 11, 2021. He conducted numerous experiments there for about six months together with his colleagues on the ISS space station. With him on Board were NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas H. Marshburn and Kayla Barron. Matthias Maurer returned in May 2022, landing on May 6, 2022.
After several postponements, Matthias Maurer, a German astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA), successfully launched to the ISS on November 11, 2021. He conducted numerous experiments there for about six months together with his colleagues on the ISS space station. With him on Board were NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas H. Marshburn and Kayla Barron. Matthias Maurer returned in May 2022, landing on May 6, 2022.
Six months for over 100 experiments
During this time, he supervised and conducted 36 German experiments and more than 100 international experiments. Most of the German experiments took place in the European research laboratory Columbus on the ISS. They ranged from basic research to application-oriented science in areas such as life sciences, materials science, physics, biology, medicine and Earth observation.
