Insa Thiele-Eich

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Insa Thiele-Eich (born April 21, 1983 in Heidelberg ) is a German meteorologist and astronaut candidate .

Life

job

Thiele-Eich passed her Abitur at St. Ursula Gymnasium Brühl and studied meteorology at the University of Bonn . She is the scientific coordinator of the Collaborative Research Center TR 32, "Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Systems: Monitoring, Modeling and Data Assimilation". TR 32 is about basic research for improved weather and climate forecasting. The focus of Thiele-Eich's work is the investigation of exchange processes, for example water and energy exchange between soil, vegetation and atmosphere. At the same time, she is studying the effects of climate change on Bangladesh in her doctoral thesis .

Possible use as an astronaut

Together with the Bundeswehr pilot Nicola Baumann , Thiele-Eich was selected from more than 400 applicants as one of two finalists in the privately financed initiative Die Astronautin , which wants to turn a German into an astronaut for the first time. Nicola Baumann withdrew from the project at the end of 2017. Suzanna Randall from Cologne has moved up . One of the two women is to be the first German female astronaut to fly into space in 2021. The aim is a short stay of around ten days on the ISS . The flight, which costs around 50 million euros, is to be financed by donations; by April 2018, € 68,590 had been received. In August 2017, Thiele-Eich began a space flight training with a license, diving training and parabolic flights in the Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training center in Svyosdny Gorodok near Moscow , which was financed by crowdfunding .

Private

She is married and has three children. Her father is the German ESA astronaut Gerhard Thiele .

See also

Web links

Commons : Insa Thiele-Eich  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Insa Maria Thiele-Eich, Personal Information - Uni Bonn , accessed on July 7, 2020
  2. ↑ Bonn meteorologist Insa Thiele-Eich receives apprenticeship as astronaut , press release of the University of Bonn from April 20, 2017, accessed on June 2, 2017
  3. ↑ Die Astronautin: Die Astronautin: Two candidates prevail in the selection process. (PDF) April 19, 2017, archived from the original on August 12, 2017 ; Retrieved July 17, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Application as an astronaut. Jury selects fighter pilot and meteorologist as winners , Spiegel online on April 19, 2017, accessed on July 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ The future astronaut is backing down. In: ntv. December 14, 2017, accessed July 5, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Astrophysicist replaces Eurofighter pilot. In: Spiegel Online. February 15, 2018, accessed July 5, 2019 .
  7. ↑ We start in 2021. In: Die Astronautin. Retrieved February 21, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Nicola Baumann and Insa Thiele-Eich. Two women for space , Deutschlandfunk on July 15, 2017, accessed on July 16, 2017.
  9. ↑ Die astronautin: We bring the first German astronaut into space - crowdfunding project. In: startnext.com. March 1, 2017, accessed April 18, 2018 .
  10. ↑ a b The future astronaut Insa Thiele-Eich was pitied for pregnancy. Hannoversche Allgemeine, March 3, 2019, accessed on February 21, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Germany in search of the astronaut of tomorrow. In: Zeit Online. dpa, August 14, 2017, accessed on December 17, 2017 .
  12. ^ "Die Astronautin" initiative: German women begin astronaut training , Flugrevue, August 14, 2017.
  13. ↑ As the first German into space? "This is going to be amazing!" In: ntv. Andrea Schorsch, January 15, 2018, accessed January 15, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Thiele-Eich, Insa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German meteorologist and astronaut candidate
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg