Metsola video-chats with first European female International Space Station commander

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola recently had a chat with the first European woman Commander of the International Space Station, Samatha Cristoforetti.

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Wednesday that Cristoforetti will take over from fellow Expedition 67 crew member Oleg Artemyev on the 28th of September.

She will thus become the fifth European commander of the ISS and the first European woman to hold such a position. In their chat, with Metsola on Earth and AstroSam, as she is known, up in space, the two women engaged in conversation about various topics.

Cristoforetti explained to Metsola what projects she was working on whilst taking on this position and what impact they could have back on Earth in various domains, as well as how a day out in space is spent by Cristoforetti and her team.

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