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European Space Agency astronaut Rosemary Coogan has just started a new phase in her training, which will have her spend six months at Nasa.

European Space Agency testing Paralympian sprinter to see how conditions in space would affect his prosthesis

It's an odd astronomy target, but a tool bag that gave astronauts the slip during a spacewalk at the International Space Station is surprisingly bright and can be seen with binoculars.

The UK Space Agency has signed an agreement with a US company called Axiom Space to develop a space mission carrying four astronauts from the UK. The flight would most likely use the SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle and travel to the International Space Station (ISS).

British astronaut last flew to International Space Station in 2015 as European Space Agency astronaut

The astronaut - who is one of just a small handful of Brits to ever voyage to outer space - said it was time to step down but wouldn't rule out another trip

John McFall, from Surrey, who won a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics will take part in the space training corps as a ‘para-astronaut’

Today in Paris, the European Space Agency unveiled unveiled their class of 2022, a 17 strong cohort of astronauts including three Brits and the first ever disabled astronaut

John McFall, 41, becomes first astronaut with physical disability to be recruited by European space agency