https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Astronaut Alexander Gerst will be the first German commander of the International Space Station (ISS) on his next trip to the final frontier. https://www.thelocal.de/20160518/german-astronaut-to-take-command-of-space-station Wed, 18 May 2016 18:51:22 +0200 german-astronaut-to-take-command-of-space-station Update: robot probe Philae, controlled from Cologne, landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at 5:03 pm on Wednesday, the European Space Agency said. https://www.thelocal.de/20141112/all-systems-go-for-historic-comet-landing Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:08:00 +0100 all-systems-go-for-historic-comet-landing German astronaut Alexander Gerst performed a spacewalk 400 kilometres above the Earth with an American colleague outside the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday to carry out equipment repairs and maintenance, NASA said. https://www.thelocal.de/20141008/gerst-becomes-third-german-spacewalker-iss-space-station-alexander Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:52:00 +0200 gerst-becomes-third-german-spacewalker-iss-space-station-alexander The European Space Agency released an ultra-high-resolution video of the Earth on Wednesday shot from orbit on the International Space Station by German astronaut Alexander Gerst. https://www.thelocal.de/20140910/german-astronaut-alexander-gerst-shows-earth-as-seen-from-the-iss Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:26:00 +0200 german-astronaut-alexander-gerst-shows-earth-as-seen-from-the-iss German astronaut Alexander Gerst will fly aboard a Russian rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014. The Baden-Württemberg native will be on board the station for half a year conducting zero-gravity experiments. https://www.thelocal.de/20110918/37663 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:18:00 +0200 37663 The smouldering heat left over from the universe’s creation has been captured in unprecedented detail by a deep space observatory behind which Germany is playing a driving role. https://www.thelocal.de/20100707/28347 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:53:00 +0200 28347 A German-made space probe that will explore the surface of a giant comet and help scientists understand how the solar system formed was preparing on Friday to use Earth’s orbit to sling itself into deep space, the European Space Agency announced. https://www.thelocal.de/20091113/23245 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:54:00 +0100 23245 A 33-year-old physicist from the German state of Baden-Württemberg has been chosen as a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut along with five other candidates, the organisation said in Paris on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090520/19405 Wed, 20 May 2009 18:41:00 +0200 19405 German astronaut Thomas Reiter has called for a greater share of European resources to be spent on space exploration and expressed his hope Germany would one day land on the Moon and Mars. https://www.thelocal.de/20080724/13265 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:44:00 +0200 13265