ASTRONAUTIN - FLY ME TO THE ISS THE NEW FACE OF SPACE MISSIONS

The HYVE Crowd (www.hyvecrowd.com) is hosting the "Astronautin Contest" - Please register on the HYVE Crowd and support our joint mission to the ISS with your creative ideas and concepts.

What we are looking for: The aim of the contest (goo.gl/tpcn3i) is to find ideas for sponsorships and collect money for the foundation "Astronautin". The objective of this foundation is to send the first German astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS). She will follow an intense training for more than a year, in order to spend seven to ten days on the ISS.

• The scientific aspect: Since the astronaut will spend about 10 days in space, she will have the opportunity to collect scientific data, carry out experiments under microgravity or any other commercialized (sponsored/incentivized) activity.
• A cultural aspect: The foundation "Astronautin" wants to give women and girls a role model and inspire them in particular with regard to education for scientific and technical professions. The initiative aims to encourage them to pursue their career aspirations in aerospace or any other areas of interest. Furthermore, the success of a privately funded mission when it comes to human spaceflight could also mean a lot for the future of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing.

The "Erste deutsche Astronautin" (first female German astronaut) initiative started the selection procedure in 2016. More than 400 candidates have applied to become the first German astronaut to fly into space in 2020. After several selection steps, six Astronaut candidates have passed the medical and psychological selection procedures of the "Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt" (DLR) (German Aerospace Center). This selection procedure is identical to that used by the European Space Agency to select professional astronauts.