• Question: Did you have much fear going into space your first time or on subsequent trips?

    Asked by Jeswin to Tom, Jon, COLFlight, Beth, Anne on 4 Oct 2015. This question was also asked by Hazzabloom2003.
    • Photo: Beth Healey

      Beth Healey answered on 4 Oct 2015:

      I unfortunately haven’t been to space (yet!). My home for one year, Concordia, is considered to be one of the closest places to space on Earth though ‘White Mars’.

      I was certainly a little scared before coming here. It’s always sad to say goodbye to friends and family for long periods of time.

      Before coming here we had training at the European Astronaut Center together as a crew to learn about how to work and live together effectively (Human Behavior & Performance Training). This is the same as Tim has had to prepare him for life on the ISS.

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