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Belfast-born woman becomes UK’s newest astronaut

A Belfast-born woman has gained her astronaut wings, graduating from space training as a new European Space Agency (Esa) astronaut. After completing one year of rigorous basic astronaut training, Rosemary Coogan, along with Sophie Adenot, Pablo Alvarez Fernandez, Raphael Liegeois, Marco Sieber and Australian Space Agency astronaut candidate Katherine Bennell-Pegg received astronaut certification. After receiving […]