Matthias Maurer
- January 9, 2024
- Astronaut
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Matthias Maurer |
| Occupation | Astronaut |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 18, 1970(1970-03-18) |
| Age | 54 |
| Birthplace | Sankt Wendel |
| Country | Germany |
| Birth City | Saarland |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Matthias Maurer Biography
| Name | Matthias Maurer |
| Birthday | Mar 18 |
| Birth Year | 1970 |
| Place Of Birth | Sankt Wendel |
| Home Town | Saarland |
| Birth Country | Germany |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Matthias Maurer is one of the most popular and richest Astronaut who was born on March 18, 1970 in Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany. Dr. Matthias Maurer, born 18 March 1970 in St. Wendel (Saarland), is an astronaut and materials scientist at the European Space Agency. He was chosen in 2015 to participate in space training.
He arrived at Johnson Space Center in Texas on 12 May 2020 with Oleg Novitsky, Sergey Kud–Sverchkov and Pytr Dubrov, an ESA astronaut. They were training for the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.
The European Space Agency selected him as an astronaut in July 2015. He worked in Cologne for the European Astronaut Corps on Lunar exploration projects, and was a Eurocom International Space Station flight control controller.
Matthias Maurer Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Astronaut |
| House | Living in own house. |
Matthias Maurer is one of the richest Astronaut from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matthias Maurer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Maurer was a graduate of the Saarland University in Germany where he earned a degree as a materials scientist. He has a MBA in management and also studied at the University of Leeds. Since 1999, he has been a researcher and earned his doctorate in engineering from the Institute of Materials Sciences of the RWTH Aachen University. His dissertation was on materials sciences. He enjoys reading, writing, politics, travel, photography, cycling, and hiking in his spare time. Maurer can speak fluently in German and English as well as Russian, Spanish, Russian, French, German, and conversational Mandarin Chinese.
He participated in the ESA Cooperative Adventure for Valuing, Exercising and Human Behaviour & Performance Skills program in 2014. In 2016, he was part NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 21 analog mission. Maurer, along with fellow ESA astronaut Tim Peake, completed EVA training at Neutral Buoyancy Lab in May 2017. He completed his basic training in May 2018 and was fully certified to fly to space.
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Facts & Trivia
Matthias Ranked on the list of most popular Astronaut. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Matthias Maurer celebrates birthday on March 18 of every year.
Where is Matthias Maurer now?
On 14 December 2020, Maurer was officially assigned to the SpaceX Crew-3 mission , which launched on 10 November 2021.
What did Matthias Maurer study?
Matthias Maurer graduated from the Gymnasium Wendalinum in St Wendel in 1989. He studied materials science and technology at: Saarland University, Germany; University of Leeds, UK; The European School for Materials Technology in Nancy, France; UPC Barcelona, Spain.
How many ESA astronauts are there?
How many astronauts are currently active at ESA? ESA’s astronaut corps currently comprises seven active Astronauts: Samantha Cristoforetti (IT), Alexander Gerst (GER), Matthias Maurer (GER), Andreas Mogensen (DEN), Luca Parmitano (IT), Tim Peake (UK), Thomas Pesquet (FR).
How do you become an astronaut in the European Space Agency?
- Citizenship of an ESA Member State or Associate Member.
- Minimum of a master’s degree in natural sciences, medicine, engineering, mathematics, or computer sciences or a degree as an experimental test pilot and/or test engineer from an official experimental test pilot school.
Who travels in a spacecraft?
astronaut , designation, derived from the Greek words for “star” and “sailor,” commonly applied to an individual who has flown in outer space. More specifically, “astronaut” refers to those from the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan who travel into space.