0 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:01,917 I'M ESA ASTRONAUT MATTHIAS MAURER. 1 00:00:01,917 --> 00:00:03,542 I WILL BE MISSION SPECIALIST 2 00:00:03,542 --> 00:00:05,891 ON THE NASA SPACEX CREW-3 MISSION, 3 00:00:05,891 --> 00:00:07,552 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 4 00:00:08,699 --> 00:00:09,530 I WAS BORN IN GERMANY. 5 00:00:09,530 --> 00:00:11,576 I GREW UP THERE, AND FOR THE FIRST 20 YEARS, 6 00:00:11,576 --> 00:00:15,291 I ACTUALLY STAYED IN, MORE OR LESS, THE SAME AREA. 7 00:00:15,291 --> 00:00:17,842 I WAS AN AMBULANCE DRIVER FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. 8 00:00:17,842 --> 00:00:20,093 AND I ALSO FINANCED MY STUDIES, LATER ON, 9 00:00:20,093 --> 00:00:22,298 BY WORKING ON THE WEEKEND. 10 00:00:22,298 --> 00:00:24,661 I STUDIED TWO YEARS IN GERMANY, MATERIAL SCIENCE, 11 00:00:24,661 --> 00:00:26,380 THEN I WENT FOR A YEAR TO THE 12 00:00:26,380 --> 00:00:28,468 UK, STUDIED THEIR MATERIAL SCIENCE. 13 00:00:28,468 --> 00:00:31,422 AND DISCOVERED HOW MUCH YOU CAN LEARN 14 00:00:31,422 --> 00:00:33,381 WHILE BEING IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY. 15 00:00:33,381 --> 00:00:35,580 THAT WAS A HUGE INSPIRATION FOR ME, 16 00:00:35,580 --> 00:00:38,482 AND I DECIDED TO KEEP ON LEARNING MORE LANGUAGES, 17 00:00:38,482 --> 00:00:40,844 AND CONTINUE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 18 00:00:40,844 --> 00:00:44,882 IN 2008, ESA STARTED THE CALL FOR NEW ASTRONAUTS. 19 00:00:44,882 --> 00:00:47,159 OUT 8,500 APPLICANTS, 20 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:48,812 ONLY 10 CANDIDATES 21 00:00:48,812 --> 00:00:50,495 PASSED ALL THE TESTS AND WERE CONSIDERED 22 00:00:50,495 --> 00:00:52,174 SUITABLE FOR ASTRONAUTS. 23 00:00:52,173 --> 00:00:53,351 I WAS ONE OF THEM. 24 00:00:53,946 --> 00:00:56,088 I WAS ALWAYS FASCINATED BY SPACE, 25 00:00:56,088 --> 00:00:58,135 AND WHAT DOES AN ASTRONAUT ACTUALLY DO? 26 00:00:58,135 --> 00:01:01,095 SO, AN ASTRONAUT WORKS WITH A LOT OF ENGINEERING STUFF, 27 00:01:01,095 --> 00:01:02,891 WE DO SCIENCE IN SPACE, 28 00:01:02,891 --> 00:01:05,039 WE WORK IN INTERNATIONAL TEAMS. 29 00:01:05,039 --> 00:01:07,756 AND THE ADVENTURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LIVE, 30 00:01:07,756 --> 00:01:09,098 AS ASTRONAUTS. AND THE COMBINATION 31 00:01:09,098 --> 00:01:11,701 OF THESE FOUR FACTS: ENGINEERING ON THE EDGE 32 00:01:11,701 --> 00:01:12,802 OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE, 33 00:01:12,802 --> 00:01:15,384 SCIENCE, INTERNATIONAL TEAMS, 34 00:01:15,384 --> 00:01:16,000 AND ADVENTURE. 35 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,760 THAT'S ONLY POSSIBLE AS AN ASTRONAUT. 36 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,000 I THINK CREW-3 IS 37 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,953 A KIND OF A ROOKIE CREW, 38 00:01:23,953 --> 00:01:27,207 WITH ONLY ONE EXPERIENCED SPACE FLYER, TOM. 39 00:01:27,207 --> 00:01:28,050 BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, 40 00:01:28,050 --> 00:01:30,401 I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT WE ARE ROOKIES AT ALL. 41 00:01:30,401 --> 00:01:33,072 RAJA HAS A HUGE BACKGROUND IN FLYING. 42 00:01:33,072 --> 00:01:36,116 KAYLA SHE HAS A HUGE BACKGROUND IN WORKING IN A VERY 43 00:01:36,116 --> 00:01:39,078 DIFFICULT AND HIGHLY TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT. 44 00:01:39,078 --> 00:01:40,720 I DON'T CONSIDER BOTH OF THEM ROOKIES. 45 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,532 I BELIEVE WE ARE AN EXTREMELY GOOD TEAM. 46 00:01:45,532 --> 00:01:47,318 AND AFTER A FEW DAYS IN SPACE, 47 00:01:47,318 --> 00:01:51,267 I THINK WE WILL BE THERE, AND IT WILL BE OUR ENVIRONMENT. 48 00:01:51,267 --> 00:01:52,064 ONCE WE ARRIVE 49 00:01:52,064 --> 00:01:53,491 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 50 00:01:53,491 --> 00:01:55,501 WE WILL RUN A LOT OF EXPERIMENTS. 51 00:01:55,501 --> 00:01:57,825 MY FOCUS WILL BE LOTS OF EXPERIMENTS, 52 00:01:57,825 --> 00:02:00,892 IN THE MATERIALS SCIENCE DOMAIN. 53 00:02:00,892 --> 00:02:02,735 THE NAME OF MY MISSION IS COSMIC KISS, 54 00:02:02,735 --> 00:02:04,425 IT'S A DECLARATION OF LOVE 55 00:02:04,425 --> 00:02:06,514 TO SPACE, AND ESPECIALLY 56 00:02:06,514 --> 00:02:10,169 TO THE TWO ONLY OASES THAT WE HAVE IN SPACE. 57 00:02:10,169 --> 00:02:11,994 OUR BEAUTIFUL PLANET EARTH, 58 00:02:11,994 --> 00:02:14,470 AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 59 00:02:14,470 --> 00:02:17,464 THE PATCH IS INSPIRED BY SKY DISC OF NEBRA. 60 00:02:17,464 --> 00:02:19,609 IT'S A 4,000 YEAR OLD DISC 61 00:02:19,609 --> 00:02:21,680 THAT WAS FOUND IN GERMANY. 62 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,465 AND IT SHOWS TO ME THAT 63 00:02:24,465 --> 00:02:26,981 PEOPLE ALREADY 4,000 YEARS AGO 64 00:02:26,981 --> 00:02:28,454 WATCHED THE NIGHT SKY 65 00:02:28,454 --> 00:02:31,359 AND WERE FASCINATED WITH THE UNIVERSE. 66 00:02:31,359 --> 00:02:32,864 AND THEY PROBABLY ASKED THE SAME 67 00:02:32,864 --> 00:02:35,363 QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK OURSELVES. 68 00:02:35,363 --> 00:02:37,386 HOW DID THE UNIVERSE START? 69 00:02:37,386 --> 00:02:39,373 HOW DID LIFE COME TO OUR PLANET EARTH? 70 00:02:39,373 --> 00:02:41,726 IS THERE LIFE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE UNIVERSE? 71 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,279 THERE'S A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, 72 00:02:45,279 --> 00:02:47,172 IN EUROPE IN THE U.S., 73 00:02:47,172 --> 00:02:50,267 IN RUSSIA, IN CANADA, IN JAPAN. 74 00:02:50,267 --> 00:02:51,850 ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT CONTRIBUTE 75 00:02:51,850 --> 00:02:54,185 THAT HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT IS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE. 76 00:02:54,185 --> 00:02:56,713 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE 77 00:02:56,713 --> 00:02:59,875 WHO HELPED ME TO ARRIVE AT THAT POINT THAT I'M TODAY. 78 00:02:59,875 --> 00:03:03,192 I WOULD BE THINKING OF YOU WHEN I FLY TO SPACE. 79 00:03:03,192 --> 00:03:05,499 AND I SEND ALL MY LOVE TO YOU 80 00:03:05,499 --> 00:03:06,431 DOWN ON THE GROUND. 81 00:03:08,152 --> 00:03:10,152 [MUSIC]