European Space Agency adds new astronauts in only fourth class since 1978
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From left, Rosemary Cooga, Sophie Adenot, Raphael Liegeois, Pablo Alvarez Fernandez, Marco Sieber and Katherine Bennell-Pegg hold their certificates at the graduation ceremony at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, April 22, 2024. Marco Sieber of Switzerland talks to the Associated Press in a Columbus trainings module after the graduation ceremony at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, April 22, 2024.
For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived temporarily of oxygen, taught to camp in the snow, and schooled in physiology, anatomy, astronomy, meteorology, robotics, and Russian.
Holocaust survivor Herbert Rubinstein talks during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Duesseldorf, Germany, April 25, 2024. Holocaust survivor Herbert Rubinstein shows pictures of him with his parents during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Duesseldorf, Germany, April 25, 2024.
Christian Orthodox priest Hennadii Kharkivskyi leads a service at the chapel basement of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lypivka near Lviv, Ukraine, April 28, 2024. Christian Orthodox worshippers leave the chapel basement after attending a service at the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lypivka near Lviv, Ukraine, April 28, 2024. Christian Orthodox priest Hennadii Kharkivskyi leads a service at the chapel basement of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lypivka near Lviv, Ukraine, April 28, 2024.