2022 ESA Astronaut Class Announcement

The ESA astronaut class 2022 includes five astronaut candidates and 12 members of the European astronaut reserve. Last year and for the first time since 2008, ESA launched a call for applications and...

ESA’s new class of astronauts will be announced on Wednesday, 23 November 2022 at the Grand Palais Éphémère (GPE) in Paris. The new class will include career astronauts, reserve astronauts as well as astronauts with a physical disability for a feasibility project. The event will be livestreamed on E...