Sender: Bettina.Pips@esa.int Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:16:52 +0200 From: astronautselection@esa.int To: withers@bu.edu Subject: Invitation Psychological Test Series I Dear Mr Withers, Following the congratulatory note you have received from Michel Tognini, Head of the European Astronaut Centre, I take pleasure in inviting you to the first battery of psychological tests on Date: Monday, 28th of July 2008 Time 08:00 – 18:00 hours Venue: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin Abteilung Luft- und Raumfahrtpsychologie Sportallee 54a 22335 Hamburg *In order to facilitate a smooth process, please send your response to our invitation as a reply to this email note within three days. *Important Notice: Please be sure to bring a passport or ID card with which you will be able to identify yourself. In order to make your travel arrangements, please fill in the attached Travel Registration Form and send it to the travel agent using email or fax as indicated on the form. This form should be emailed or faxed at the same time that you confirm your attendance. The travel agent will contact you with a travel itinerary and any questions that may arise. In order to give you a first impression of the sort of tests you can expect to undergo, we would like to invite you to the website http://www.esa.int/astronautselection/sampletest where you will be able to download sample tests comparable with those we will be administering. You will find below a zip file containing a number of important documents. We ask that you read them carefully and follow the instructions as indicated. The attachment contains the following documents: 1. Travel and Schedule Information Sheet (Psychological Test I) 2. Travel Registration Form 3. Documentation Information Sheet 4. Statement of Non-Conviction and Good Conduct 5. Release and Consent Form 6. Astronaut Selection Travel Reimbursement Claim Form 7. Data Usage Declaration I would like to join my colleague, Michel Tognini, in congratulating you for having reached this stage of the astronaut selection process and wish you the very best for your further participation. Kind regards, Frank C. Danesy Head of the Human Resources Division, ESOC European Space Agency