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Hervé Stevenin
European aquanaut at the European Astronaut Centre (born 1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hervé Stevenin (born 25 September 1962 in France) is a European aquanaut leading ESA Neutral Buoyancy Facility Operations and the EVA Training Unit at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. He served as an aquanaut[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] on the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 19 (NEEMO 19) crew.
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Born | (1962-09-25) 25 September 1962 (age 61) |
Nationality | French |
Education | Aerospace Engineering, ISAE-ENSMA, ISAE-SUPAERO, PADI Diving Instructor |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, Astronaut Instructor, European EVA Expert, Parabolic Flight Astronaut Trainer |
Employer(s) | ESA, European Astronaut Centre |
Known for | Aquanaut |
Title | Head of NBF Operations and EVA Training Unit |
Stevenin has received extensive astronaut training and is the only "non-astronaut" European citizen with spacewalk training experience inside both NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) and Russian Orlan space suit. Stevenin has more than 20 years' experience in astronaut training and providing operational support for astronauts.