ESA astronaut Raphaël Liégeois

ESA astronaut Raphaël Liégeois, a biomedical engineer and neuroscientist from Belgium, was selected as a member of ESA’s 2022 astronaut class. He graduated from basic astronaut training as a fully-fledged ESA astronaut in April 2023 and was assigned to his first spaceflight to the International Space Station during the Space Council held in Brussels in May 2024.