Alexander Gerst
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Alexander Gerst is a German European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and geophysicist, who was selected in 2009 to take part in space training. He was part of the International Space Station Expedition 40 and 41 from May to November 2014. Gerst returned to space on 6 June 2018, as part of Expedition 56/57. He was the Commander of the International Space Station. He returned to Earth on 20 December 2018. After the end of his second mission and before being surpassed by Luca Parmitano in 2020, he held the record for most time in space of any active ESA astronaut, succeeding Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, and German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter, who formally held the record for the longest time in space for any active or retired ESA astronaut.
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Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg, Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Urania Medal, Bernd Rendel Prize, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Germany,
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Expedition 56 ⓘ
56th expedition to the International Space Station -

Expedition 40 ⓘ
40th expedition to the International Space Station -

Soyuz TMA-13M ⓘ
2014 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS -

Expedition 41 ⓘ
41st expedition to the International Space Station -

Horizons ⓘ
European space mission -

Soyuz MS-09 ⓘ
Russian crewed flight to the ISS -

Expedition 57 ⓘ
57th expedition to the International Space Station









