The new "Astronauts" exhibition at Cité de l'espace will enable everyone, young and old alike, to discover the astronauts' extraordinary daily lives in the ISS (International space Station), a spacecraft with 6 astronauts on board that orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, 400km above the Earth's surface. In weightless conditions, everything is different; every gesture of daily life has to be reinvented and learned all over again. space is a special environment where all our habits and bodily functions are disrupted.
Since astronauts have many tasks to accomplish during their scientific missions, they must adapt quickly to their new environment. They must also take the time to rest in this cramped, confined space with a breathtaking view on the Earth!
The new "Astronauts" exhibition at Cité de l'espace aims to show the public this new life, far from our usual habits.
An exhibition where astronauts guide visitors: to take them closer to what they experience during their missions in space.
Today, astronauts can share their space missions live with the general public thanks in particular to social media. Every day, they disclose their lives through photographs and videos on their personal accounts. They each bring their individual vision of their mission, very often with amazing images of Earth never seen before, as viewed from space, thereby reducing the distance from the astronauts.
In this spirit, the new exhibition at Cité de l'espace sets up the most direct contact possible between astronauts and the public. Through innovative devices, the public can witness how strange their daily lives are in space. The interaction is simple: astronauts talk about their job and their work in this singular environment.
Sets to immerse visitors in space and experiments to learn all about the astronauts' extraordinary environment.
After a presentation of astronauts' training, the public is plunged in the realistic sets hovering 400km above the Earth, before actually entering a Space Station, both a "home" and a "laboratory" for astronauts. Thanks to concrete experiments, visitors can discover astronauts' surprising living conditions in space, where every single gesture is something new — washing, eating, working, relaxing, etc. — and the Sun rises and sets 16 times a day.
The public will also be able to enjoy the breathtaking views only astronauts can see from the Space Station: the Earth moving at a speed of 8km per second or Paris-to-Toulouse in 75 seconds: an astounding realisation of the sheer beauty of our living planet.
An exhibition that begins with exceptional news: the French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet's departure into space on November 2016.
From the start of the exhibition visitors will be able to share an exceptional event: the French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be taking off for the PROXIMA mission, his first space mission, from November 2016 to May 2017. Cité de l'espace will enable the public to witness his departure live from Baikonur and his arrival in space, on board the ISS (International space Station).
For the PROXIMA mission's 6 months, Cité de l'espace and its partners will focus on the highlights of the adventure of Thomas Pesquet and his colleagues in the "Astronauts" Exhibition and on the Cité de l'espace website.
posted 10-25-2016 01:50 PM
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