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New European astronaut candidates and Australian astronaut candidate Katherine Bennell-Pegg

ESA astronaut candidates Sophie Adenot, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Rosemary Coogan, Raphaël Liégeois and Marco Sieber took up duty at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) on 3 April 2023 to be trained to the highest level of standards as specified by the International Space Station partners. 

The astronaut candidates are joined by Australian Space Agency astronaut candidate Katherine Bennell-Pegg.

Watch the replay of their first news conference from EAC in Cologne, Germany:
ESA’s Astronaut Class of 2022 first news conference

And here is a video of the European astronaut basic training:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2023/04/Preparing_for_space_ESA_s_astronaut_training