MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH ESA ASTRONAUT SAMANTHA CRISTOFORETTI, Apr 11, 2022, virtual, 9:00 am ET

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and other officials will participate in media interviews in advance of her launch to the ISS as part of Crew-4, currently scheduled for April 20.

The event on April 11, 2022 from 15:00-16:30 Central European Summer Time (9:00-10:30 am EDT) will be livestreamed on ESA TV, but only registered media may ask questions.

Participants are:

• Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General
• David Parker, ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration
• Vittorio Colao, Italy’s Minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition
• Giorgio Saccoccia, President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI)
• Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA Astronaut

The agenda is as follows (times are in CEST):

15:00           Introduction
15:15           Q&A with ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti in English
15:45           Q&A with ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti in Italian
16:30           End of Q&A