Laura holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in Physics.
She had been working for almost 10 years for the European Space Agency. She wrote an on-console handbook for Mission Control Europe and trained international and European astronauts on ESAs spacecraft systems for ISS modules.
Laura is a licensed astronaut instructor on cargo handling and life support systems on board the ISS and ISS Emergency Procedures.
During her time at ESA Laura has worked in NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, and the Gagarin Cosmonaut Center in Moscow. She has spent numerous hours on console in various mission control centers including, ATV-CC Toulouse, Col-CC Munich, and TsuP Moscow.
Laura has had the opportunity to be part of 3 Soyuz launch campaigns in Kazakhstan and has undergone Zero-G and Human Behaviour and Performance Training with ESA.
She opened her company Space Time Concepts in 2016, taking on a new endeavour. Her company is the hub to the European Astronaut Training Center in Cologne, Germany, Laura organises tours and events all around human spaceflight and offers interested people the possibility of experiencing a rocket launch from Kazakhstan and coming on Zero-G Flights.
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Laura shares her passion, insights and experiences from training astronauts and human spaceflight as a speaker all around the world with a wide audience. She consults various companies in the field of leadership, team performance and communication and decision making processes. Laura is a licensed rescue diver, skydiver and helicopter pilot.
She has visited 52 countries, enjoys camping and long-range mountain biking. Laura is currently obtaining another M.Sc. in Organizational Psychology and is working towards her commercial helicopter pilot license.