25 mei 2021 | Door: Joris Timmermans

Elation

I feel free...! For the last one and a half months, I have been living with a tension, that has acted as electric voltage on my brain. Today however, on Tuesday the 26th, the day after Whit Monday, I have received heavenly news (at least to my ...

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18 maart 2021 | Door: Joris Timmermans

Playing Chicken with a curfew

Of all the senses we as human’s have, I find ‘smelling’ to be the most illusive. Scents impact our own emotions as strongly as they can disappear in presence and in memory. Most often therefore, the absence of a particular scent is more ...

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12 maart 2021 | Door: Joris Timmermans

Down the rabbit-hole

What is worse than being stuck in quarantine at home with a Covid-19 infection? Getting taken for a ride down the rabbit-hole.. While I (from time to time) might write this blog as a Hollywood script, this is in many ways purely a style I have ...

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9 maart 2021 | Door: Joris Timmermans

Isolated within quarantine Isolation

The Time which we currently live in, are strange, dangerous and unpleasant. Almost like it is directly taken from a Holywood production (specifically, the excellent ‘Contagion’ movie). COVID-19 (or Corona in every deal human language) is ...

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6 maart 2021 | Door: Joris Timmermans

The road to getting medically certified

Of the many different things required by the ESA (for the application for astronaut), none raises a higher mix of emotions with me than the ‘Initial Class 2 Medical Check’. Although the name in itself is ofcourse already quite daunting, as is ...

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8 februari 2021 | Door: Joris Timmermans

Dreaming of what is to come

It was a day like any other. Well, that is to say, all days this February are pretty much the same, caused by a lockdown due to the ongoing corona pandemic. It therefore should not raise any questions that what would happen would definitely liven up ...

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Space

Being an astronaut is the greatest dream I have. After waiting for 11 years, ESA again will open up the procedure for applications. Within this blog, I hope to provide you with my personal experience in applying, and (hopefully) being selected, and finally the actual training and some missions..

Astronaut worden is mijn grootste droom. Na 11 jaar wachten, ESA gaat opnieuw op zoek naar hun volgende batch van astronauten. Met deze blog, hoop ik jullie mijn persoonlijke ervaring mee te geven, als ik mijn solicitatie aan het voorbereiden ben, mijn selectie (hopelijk), en natuurlijk de daadwerkelijke training en de missies.

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