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25/08/2025
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Are you a physician and/or a PhD related to Aviation or Aerospace Medicine wishing to gain insight into the field of Space Medicine? If so, would you like to learn about how Medical Support is provided to European Space Agency (ESA) Crew by the Space Medicine Team at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, and discuss the challenges that Physicians will face in support of human exploration and commercial spaceflight in the future? 

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer refreshes his medical skills at ESA’s EAC ahead of his Cosmic Kiss mission

As part of a portfolio of educational activities aiming to prepare and integrate individuals, the ESA Space Medicine Team will host the Space Physician Training Course (SPTC) from 20 – 22 January 2026 at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.

During the three-day SPTC 2026 programme, participants will attend presentations given by ESA’s leading experts, detailing the realities of supporting ESA astronauts’ health and well-being before, during and after their missions. ESA Flight Surgeons and other members of the Space Medicine Team will discuss topics ranging from the challenges of the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) space environment and the physiological consequences it has on the human body, to medical operations and countermeasures that are employed or being developed for future human exploration missions beyond LEO. 

If you would like to join the SPTC, please apply by completing and submitting the application form here. Applications are now open and close at 23:59 CET on Sunday, 14 September. If you have any questions concerning your application, please contact Sani.Sanatnama@ext.esa.int  from the ESA Space Medicine Team. 

AR medical training at the European Astronaut Centre

The SPTC is offered at no cost, but participants are required to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. The SPTC lasts three days and if you are accepted, you are expected to participate all three complete days. Thus, participants are advised to arrive on the day before the course (19 January 2026), and depart no earlier than the evening of the last day (22 January 2026). 

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