Alexander Gerst on the ISS
Alexander Gerst on the ISS
Alexander Gerst conducts many scientific experiments on the ISS. The 42-year-old physicist began his second long-term stay in June 2018, with the horizons mission. On 3 October, he became the first German and the second European to assume command of the ISS. In 2014, the ESA astronaut spent six months working as a flight engineer on board the Space Station as part of the Blue Dot mission.
