{"id":28764,"date":"2021-10-21T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/?p=28764"},"modified":"2021-10-21T09:08:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T06:08:44","slug":"a-kiss-for-the-cosmos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/en\/a-kiss-for-the-cosmos\/","title":{"rendered":"A kiss for the cosmos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Cosmic Kiss&#8221; is what Matthias Maurer calls his upcoming mission into space. The name &#8220;is his declaration of love for the cosmos,&#8221; the German astronaut explains. The title is intended to emphasize the importance of the ISS as a link between space and Earth.<br \/>\nOn 31.10.2021, Matthias Maurer, a female colleague and two male colleagues will fly to the International Space Station ISS in a SpaceX Crew Dragon rocket after years of preparation!<br \/>\nWe are especially happy for him, because the students of the current class 6 of the DIS-Doha already know him a little better &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>With science teacher Frank Dieudonn\u00e9, they had worked interdisciplinary in the class 4 on the topic &#8220;Stars and Planets&#8221; and at the end of the lesson they wrote personal letters with their questions and thoughts to Mr. Maurer. The collected letters were then sent to Germany, to the European Astronaut Center (EAC) in Cologne. It was not long before the reply arrived with personal greetings (see photo)!<br \/>\nGood luck on your journey, Mr. Maurer!<\/p>\n<p><em>(Source quote: br\/galileo, photos: Tam\u00e1s Pragay-Szab\u00f3)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-28764 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-1-300x214.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-28762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-1-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-1-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-1-1536x1098.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-1.jpg 1842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-28762'>\n\t\t\t\tEiner der Gru\u00dfkarten von Matthias Maurer\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-2-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-2-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Astronaut-2.jpg 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Cosmic Kiss&#8221; is what Matthias Maurer calls his upcoming mission into space. 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