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Alexander Gerst

1976 - Today

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Alexander Gerst (born 3 May 1976 in Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg) is a German European Space Agency astronaut and geophysicist, who was selected in 2009 to take part in space training. He was part of the International Space Station Expedition 40 and 41 from May to November 2014. Gerst returned to space on 6 June 2018, as part of Expedition 56/57. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Gerst has received more than 284,118 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Alexander Gerst is the 328th most popular astronaut (down from 316th in 2019), the 5,075th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,421st in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Astronaut.

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  • 38.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Alexander Gerst ranks 328 out of 524Before him are James Buchli, K. Megan McArthur, John-David F. Bartoe, Mike Mullane, William S. McArthur, and Yury Lonchakov. After him are Sergei Zalyotin, Jean-François Clervoy, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Helen Sharman, Leroy Chiao, and Fei Junlong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Alexander Gerst ranks 350Before him are Stjepan Tomas, Zhu Chen, Carlos del Cerro Grande, Trish Stratus, Seigo Narazaki, and Coralie Trinh Thi. After him are Alice Taglioni, Chen Lu, Valentina Cervi, Xu Yuhua, Denny Landzaat, and Marsha Thomason.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alexander Gerst ranks 5,075 out of 6,142Before him are Thomas Brussig (1964), Lothar Thoms (1956), Steffen Baumgart (1972), Ulrike Richter (1959), Simon Rolfes (1982), and Christiane Wartenberg (1956). After him are Erik Durm (1992), Jörg Roßkopf (1969), Zazie Beetz (1991), Peter Müller (1955), Gert Engels (1957), and Jürgen Kissner (1942).

Among ASTRONAUTS In Germany

Among astronauts born in Germany, Alexander Gerst ranks 11Before him are Ernst Messerschmid (1945), Klaus-Dietrich Flade (1952), Jean-Jacques Favier (1949), Ulrich Walter (1954), Reinhold Ewald (1956), and Gerhard Thiele (1953).

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