Birth Name:

Alexander Gerst

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, May 03, 1976

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Age:

48

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

13°

Tau

8'

About Alexander Gerst

Alexander Gerst (born 3 May 1976 in Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg) is a German European Space Agency 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 June 6, 2018, as part of Expedition 56/57. He was the Commander of the International Space Station. He returned to Earth on December 20, 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 (362 days), 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.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Official home page as a researcher (up until ESA selection)

• Spacefacts biography of Alexander Gerst

• Alexander Gerst on Twitter

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Alexander Gerst: Sun 13 Taurus, Moon 27 Gemini, Mercury 2 Gemini, Venus 0 Taurus, Mars 22 Cancer, Jupiter 9 Taurus, Saturn 27 Cancer, Uranus 4 Scorpio, Neptune 13 Sagittarius, Pluto 9 Libra, Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Mercury Quincunx Uranus, Sun Quincunx Neptune, Mercury Semi Sextile Venus, Venus Square Saturn, Venus Opposition Uranus, Venus Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Mars Conjunct Saturn, Jupiter Opposition Uranus, Jupiter Quincunx Pluto, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Alexander Gerst: Living people, University of Hamburg alumni, May 3 births, Victoria University of Wellington alumni, Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, People from Künzelsau, Commanders of the International Space Station, Crew members of the International Space Station, German astronauts, 21st-century German scientists, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology alumni, 1976 births, ESA astronauts, Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg, 20th-century German scientists, German geophysicists

Photo attribution: NASA/Bill Stafford, Josh Valcarcel and Norah Moran, https://www.flickr.com/photos/astro_alex/38565523032/