Horizons mission in review

During ESA astronaut Alexander Gersts second mission to the International Space Station he supported over 60 European experiments and became Europes second ever Space Station Commander. This clip shares a few highlights from Alexanders Horizons mission and gives a glimpse into life on the Station.

Alexander was launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 6 June 2018. He travelled to the Station with NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev in a Russian Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft, spent just over six months in orbit and returned to Earth on 20 December 2018.

Watch this journey from launch to landing for a snapshot of memorable moments.

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