Rosemary Coogan will begin her journey of training with ESA before being assigned a mission
Rosemary Coogan has been selected by the ESA as the UK's third-ever astronaut following a rigorous selection process and investment from the UK Space Agency. The announcement was made following the conclusion of the ESA Council of Ministers meeting in Paris where the UK Space Agency committed £1.84 billion of funding which will go towards new missions and programmes.
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Rosemary Coogan, alongside her fellow astronauts, unveiled today, will report to ESA's European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, to begin basic training activities in 2023, which will last approximately a year and a half. They will also go through intensive training sessions and mission-specific training which could take up to two years once they've been assigned a mission.
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