It is planned that a Dublin-based employee of a space research business will become the first astronaut from Ireland, reports RTE.
Dr. Norah Patten, a Dublin resident and employee of Realtra Space Systems Engineering in Coolock, is originally from Co Mayo and will be participating in a research voyage aboard Virgin Galactic’s next commercial spaceship, which is scheduled to launch in 2026.
She is a member of a crew that the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) is sending to further scientific understanding of maintaining life in space, reports RTE.
This mission builds on the Institute’s previous one from the previous year.
The voyage will be carried out by Dr. Patten and two other researchers from the US and Canada on Virgin Galactic’s second-generation spaceship, reports RTE.
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