Astronaut training at the European Astronaut Center (EAC)
author: ESA/S.Corvaja/Novapix
reference: e-eur90-20013
Image Size 300 DPI: 19 * 29 cm
ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers tries out the sleeping bag inside the Space Station Node-2 bedroom mock-up at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. Kuipers is assigned as back-up to ESA astronaut Frank De Winne who is scheduled to visit the ISS between May and November 2009. Kuipers and De Winne visited EAC as part of their training for the mission.