Matthias Maurer: Last News

Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder has teamed up with NASA to interview the crew aboard the International Space Station.The ISS is currently orbiting more than 250 miles above Earth, and onboard are NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer.Speaking to Vedder yesterday (April 22) in celebration of Earth Day, they shared their thoughts on having a front-row seat to the global effects of climate change; reflected on the stewardship of Earth; and space’s ability to unite everyone.The interview is the second time the frontman has collaborated with NASA. Last month, Vedder released his ‘Invincible’ music video inspired by NASA’s Artemis I Moon mission. The song is taken from the musician’s recent solo album ‘Earthling’.You can check out Vedder’s chat with the crew of the ISS below:Pearl Jam recently confirmed they’ve started working on a new album.Stone Gossard has said the grunge legends have started sessions on the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Gigaton’ and some tracks have already been recorded.“We’ve recorded some songs.

NASA ordered the crew of the International Space Station to take shelter in their emergency space capsules after concerns that a cloud of deadly space débris could smash into the 350-foot orbital platform. American astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron, as well as Germany's Matthias Maurer, took shelter in Space X’s Crew Dragon, while American Mark Vande Hei and two cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Peter Dubrov moved into the Russian Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft.In the event of a serious impact, they would then have been able to return safely to Earth.Cosmonaut Dubrov reported that crew members did not notice "any signs" of collision with space debris.