IFLScience was recently at the Open Day of the European Space Research and Technology Centre, which is seen as the technical heart of the European Space Agency (ESA). There, we had the opportunity to interview ESA astronaut Rosemary Coogan, who is part of the recently graduated Hopper class of astronauts. The name refers to their hope to be the ones who get to hop in the low-gravity environment of the Moon as well as travel to the International Space Station (ISS). The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

With a PhD in astrophysics, studying galaxy evolution across the wavelengths, she became part of the astronaut class in ESA's latest call back in 2022.

How has the training to become an astronaut been so far?

RC: It has be

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