{"id":32594,"date":"2017-04-21T06:13:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T06:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=32594"},"modified":"2017-04-21T06:13:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T06:13:41","slug":"pilot-meteorologist-vying-to-be-1st-german-female-astronaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=32594","title":{"rendered":"Pilot, meteorologist vying to be 1st German female astronaut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"German2\"International desk: A fighter pilot and a meteorologist have made the finals in the race to become Germany's first female astronaut.<\/p>\n

A private group is hoping to raise 50 million euros ($53.6 million) to send a German woman to the International Space Station by 2020.<\/p>\n

Until now, Germany's eleven astronauts have all been male, starting with Sigmund Jaehn from East Germany in 1978.<\/p>\n

The group received applications from 400 women, of whom 80 underwent medical and psychological tests at the German Aerospace Center.<\/p>\n

A panel of experts picked the two finalists \u2014 German air force Eurofighter jet pilot Maj. Nicola Baumann and meteorologist Insa Thiele-Eich.<\/p>\n

The finalists were announced Wednesday at an event in Berlin. Both will start training, and the winner will be selected at a later date with the other as backup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International desk: A fighter pilot and a meteorologist have made the finals in the race to become Germany’s first female astronaut. A private group is hoping to raise 50 million euros ($53.6 million) to send a German woman to the International Space Station by 2020. Until now, Germany’s eleven astronauts have all been male, starting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":32595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n