European Astronaut Centre

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The European Astronaut Centre (EAC) is a center of the European Space Agency and home of the European Astronaut Corps. It is located in Cologne, Germany. It provides training facilities to the European astronauts, particularly regarding ESA hardware for the ISS such as Columbus and the ATV. The overall European Astronaut Centre organization is also in charge of the organization of the training of European astronauts in the centers of other partners, such as the United States (Johnson Space Center), Russia (Star city) Canada (Saint-Hubert) or Japan (Tsukuba).

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