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Radio Tees,3 mins
Will this Durham Alumna be first Brit on the Moon?
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The UK has a new astronaut currently undergoing six months of training at NASA. Dr Rosemary Coogan holds two master’s degrees from Durham University in Physics and Astronomy and is scheduled to get a mission by 2030 but her space career could last for the next 35 years. It means she may be the first Briton to walk on the Moon — and possibly even go to Mars. Our Science Editor Rebecca Morelle has been to see how the latest phase of her training has been going.
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