Astro chiefs

Two European astronauts have been given key positions in the European Space Agency's (ESA) European Astronaut Centre. Ernst Messerschmid, who flew as a German payload specialist on the Spacelab D1/Space Shuttle mission 61A in October 1985, becomes chief of the centre, while French astronaut Jean-Pierre Haignere becomes chief of ESA's ...

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