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Space travel should not be just ‘for the elites’, says new British astronaut

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Rosemary Coogan , 33 , is the European Space Agency’s second British recruit.

She beat a field of more than 22,000 candidates and has a PhD in astrophysics.

She will be deployed for a six-month mission to the International Space Station between now and 2030 .

The ISS has been hit by a series of woes, with concerns about a five-year air leak that has proved difficult to locate.

Two US astronauts’ planned eight-day visit in June turned into eight months stranded in space.

But Coogan is not fazed, saying that dealing with non-nominal” events and uncertainty is part of the job description.

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