ESA Astronaut Selection with Jennifer Ngo-Anh

<p>ESA are looking for new astronauts and <a href='https://www.esa.int/YourWayToSpace'>you can apply</a>. <a href='http://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Space_for_Earth/Jennifer_Ngo-Anh_Team_Leader_Human_and_Robotic_Exploration'>Dr Jennifer Ngo-Anh</a> is Team Leader in the Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration at the <a href='https://www.esa.int/'>European Space Agency</a> and joins <a href='https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AndrewGlester'>Andrew</a> for this episode of <a href='http://www.thecosmicshed.com'>The Cosmic Shed</a>.</p> <p> Jennifer Ngo-Anh tells us about the science done in Space</p> <p><a href='http://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Space_for_Earth/Jennifer_Ngo-Anh_Team_Leader_Human_and_Robotic_Exploration'>Jennifer</a>, a medical doctor with a PhD in neuroscience, joined ESA in 2006, and tells <a href='https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AndrewGlester'>Andrew</a> what ESA are looking for in the new astronaut candidates and what the new space faring recruits will have to look forward to...including ESA's plans to return people to the Moon. ESA's missions for robots and humans in the near future</p> <p>Jennifer and Andrew discuss the <a href='https://www.nasa.gov/gateway'>Lunar Gateway</a>, a space station planned to go in orbit around the Moon, which the successful candidates for this round of astronaut recruitment may well find themselves on one day.</p> <p>Strap in and download this episode of <a href='https://www.thecosmicshed.com/'>The Cosmic Shed</a>.</p> <p>show notes</p> <p>You can apply to become one of the new crop of astronauts <a href='https://www.esa.int/YourWayToSpace'>here</a> Image credits ESA/NASA and pictured is Luca Parmitano <a href='http://www.thecosmicshed.com/'>The Cosmic Shed</a> is part of the <a href='https://stimulusnetwork.wordpress.com/'>Stimulus Network</a> <a href='http://wayback.archive.org/web/20150919222319/https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/feedurl/http%253A%252F%252Fthecosmicshed.podbea