Merkel Visits ESA Astronauts Training Center

COLOGNE, GERMANY - MAY 18: The German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on as german astronaut Alexander Gerst speaks in the astronauts training hall during a visit of the European Astronauts Center (EAC) of the European Space Ageny (ESA) on May 18, 2016 in Cologne, Germany. Merkel is visiting the facilities, as well as the nearby German Center for Air and Space Travel (das Deutsche Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt, or DLR) in order to promote Germany's participation in ESA's projects, which sees is important to climate change, energy and agricultural sector research. (Photo by Volker Hartmann/Getty Images)