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The European Space Agency's Astronaut Class of 2022 will be announced at 14:20 CET (13:20 GMT) today, during the agency's ministerial council in Paris.

Britons John McFall, Rosemary Coogan and Meganne Christian have been named in a class of 17 men and women chosen from a whopping 22,523 applicants.

While 22,523 people applied, just 1,361 have made it through to phase two - including 166 Britons who are hoping to follow in the footsteps of Tim Peake, the first British astronaut to walk in space.

ESA is on the lookout for a new cohort of six space travellers who will spend time on the International Space Station and may one day land on the surface of the moon.

16 February 2021 For the first time since 2008, The European Space Agency (ESA) is on the lookout for new astronauts, and UK citizens of any walk of life are invited to apply. Following an intensive period of training, which will include a 3-week course in caving and a course in practical geology, the new astronauts will take their first flights into space when they are deployed to the International Space Station. They are likely to be part of the crew on the next missions to the Moon in the late 2020s and through the 2030s. ESA is also issuing a special call for candidates with physical disa...