[Trending News] Jesús Calleja prepares to become the third Spaniard to travel to space

Jesús Calleja will travel on the next manned flight of the rocket New Shepard From Blue Origin, the aerospace transport company founded by Jeff Bezos, along with five other people, In a historical moment that will be seen live in Telecinco in a special program at noon conducted by the journalist Carlos Fraganillo. The chain will offer the images of the rocket ascent, the return of the propeller, the landing of the capsule, the opening of the gate and the exciting reactions of Jesus and his family.

Third Spanish in history that travels to space

And it is that to the adventurer of Leon being an astronaut comes from him since he was a child: “I raised in a mill on the outskirts of the town, because my grandparents were mills, thinking it was A space station in the middle of the planet. My mother took me to a psychologist, he said that the child was not right, “recalls the communicator in laughter, who will soon become the third Spanish in history that travels to space, in an unprecedented milestone where the spectators will witness of each of the steps that the adventurer will give to fulfill a dream.

'Calleja in space'

Prime video has already released, and later it will be seen in four, the first two deliveries of Calleja in space, With the preparation of the adventurer for The most important challenge of your professional career. This program will also have the collaboration of the astronauts Pedro Duque, Miguel López-Elegría and Pablo Álvarez, and NASA engineers and experts, but also with the participation of their family environment, especially their mother, to whom he will give the News of your next project.

'I'm training to manage fear'

The spacecraft in which Calleja will travel in the west of Texas and after 11 minutes, astronauts rise beyond the karm line (100 kilometers high), the internationally recognized limit of space, and They experience several minutes of ingrabilitycontemplating spectacular views of the Earth: “I am trained to manage fear, which is very relevant in life because it does not make you make mistakes. Another thing is panic, which if it arrives, is that you have put it into explained the presenter.

Pedro Duque with Sara García, the only Spanish astronaut of the European Space Agency

Pedro Duque's advice

The Spanish astronaut, Pedro Duque, has given him the following advice: “Study well the phases of the flight, which tell you what noises you will hear in every second, because There are explosions that really fear. Suddenly, that will stop, you come to almost 4,000 kilometers per hour and stop the parachutes. “The presenter has also explained that only It has three days of preparation before the space tripunlike the training that had to be done years before: “The design and configuration of the ship makes us precisely going to space in a form, in quotes, much simpler.”

A trip, according to Calleja, which will also serve to give science impulse to an “overwhelming wave of embankment and conspiracy” that worries you especially to reach young people. He takes advantage of its impact on social networks to refute theories from humor. «We do it nice, fun and explain science. I am worried about young people who see social networks a lot and, suddenly, an idea is not. When you are building as a person, at least acquire the right information »,