Greece Sets Course for Space as First Astronaut Enters ESA Training

Greece is preparing to send its first citizen into orbit after a Greek doctor was selected to join the European Space Agency’s astronaut training programme, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said. Mr. Mitsotakis met with Dr. Adrianos Golemis at the Athens conference “Greece in Orbit: The Next Day,” calling the selection a historic step for a country whose space activity has so far been limited largely to unmanned telecommunications satellites. “For the first time in its history, Greece i...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA