又来了一位要去太空的比利时人!Another Belgian Will Go to Space

【又来了一位要去太空的比利时人!Another Belgian Will Go to Space】

又来了一位要去太空的比利时人!Another Belgian Will Go to Space

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来自那慕尔的Rapha?l Liégeois被欧洲航天局选中 ,即将成为继比利时宇航员Dirk Frimout和Frank De Winne之后太空史上的第三个比利时宇航员 。


这次欧洲航天局招聘专业宇航员有2.3万人申请 。 经过漫长的选拔过程后 , 最终只有五名候选人得到了这份令人羡慕的工作 。 这样的机会也不是每年都会出现 , 上一次就是2009年 。 由此可知比利时的Rapha?l Liégeois有机会当职业宇航员是多么难得 。


这位34岁的那慕尔人在烈日大学读完工程师后当了神经科学研究者 。 他曾在新加坡和美国工作过 , 后来一直在洛桑大学和日内瓦大学任教 。


Rapha?l Liégeois将跟随宇航员Dirk Frimout(1992年第一位进入太空的比利时人)和Frank De Winne(2002年和2009年参加了两次国际空间站任务)的脚步成为宇航员 。 此外 , 他还将担任科隆欧洲宇航员中心主任从明年春天开负责训练新入职人员 。


除了他非凡的能力以外 , 还是一个富有同情心、同理心和魅力的人 。


Rapha?l Liégeois from Namur has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA). Following in the footsteps of Dirk Frimout and Frank De Winne he will be the third Belgian astronaut in space history.



Nearly 23000 applicants applied for the position of professional astronaut with ESA. After a lengthy selection process only five candidates ended up signing a contract for such a coveted job. Such an opportunity doesn’t come along every year either as the previous selection was made in 2009. This says a lot about the exceptional nature of Belgium’s Rapha?l Liégeois’s nomination of career astronaut.


An engineer and neuroscience researcher trained at the University of Liège the 34-year-old from Namur taught at the universities of Lausanne and Geneva until now after having worked in Singapore and the United States.


Rapha?l Liégeois will follow astronauts Dirk Frimout the first Belgian to go into space in 1992 and Frank De Winne who participated in two missions to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2002 and 2009. As director of the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne he will be responsible for training the new recruits from next spring.


In addition to his extraordinary abilities the Belgian winner also boasts a sympathetic empathetic and charismatic personality.


Knowing that space is a major challenge for Belgium Rapha?l Liégeois is bound to be a source of pride for the whole country.

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