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Wanted - new astronauts, all applicants considered

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (L) with fellow astronauts in Star City, outside Moscow, Russia 31 October 2014.
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (L) with fellow astronauts in Star City, outside Moscow, Russia 31 October 2014. Source: EPA

The European Space Agency - Europe's equivalent of America's NASA - is looking to recruit new astronauts who don't fit into the current norm of being white and male. And they could end up going to the Moon - or even Mars.


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By Allan Lee, Stergos Kastelloriou

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The European Space Agency - Europe's equivalent of America's NASA - is looking to recruit new astronauts who don't fit into the current norm of being white and male. And they could end up going to the Moon - or even Mars.


This year, the ESA is looking not only to recruit more women astronauts, but also people with disabilities who have always dreamed of going into space.


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