The European Space Agency s Astronaut Class of 2022 will be announced at 14:20 CET (13:20 GMT) today, during the agency s ministerial council in Paris.
While 22,523 people applied, just 1,361 have made it through to phase two - including 166 Britons who are hoping to follow in the footsteps of Tim Peake, the first British astronaut to walk in space.
ESA is on the lookout for a new cohort of six space travellers who will spend time on the International Space Station and may one day land on the surface of the moon.
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