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ESA announced its first new class of astronaut trainees after 15 years.
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ESA announced its first new class of astronaut trainees after 10 years.
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ESA announced its first new class of astronaut trainees after 11 years.
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ESA announced its first new class of astronaut trainees after 12 years.
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ESA announced its first new class of astronaut trainees after 13 years.
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Detailed explanation-1: -For the first time in 13 years, the European Space Agency has announced a new class of trainee astronauts, including the world’s first “parastronaut.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Astronaut training Becoming an ESA astronaut is extremely competitive. The last call for ESA astronauts took place in 2021. Once selected, ESA astronauts typically complete a minimum of three to four years of training before flying to space for the first time.
Detailed explanation-3: -The European Space Agency has chosen 17 new astronaut candidates from more than 22 500 applicants from across its Member States. In this new 2022 class of ESA astronauts are five career astronauts, 11 members of an astronaut reserve and one astronaut with a disability.
Detailed explanation-4: -ESA’s first astronauts, 1978: Claude Nicollier from Switzerland, Wubbo Ockels from the Netherlands and Ulf Merbold from Germany.
Detailed explanation-5: -The 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group is the latest class of the European Astronaut Corps. The selection recruited five “career” astronauts, 11 “reserve” and one “astronaut with a physical disability".