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Sieber beat off almost 23,000 other candidates to land the role. ESA - P. Sebirot
Marco Sieber has been chosen as a“career astronaut” by the European Space Agency (ESA) – he is thus set to become only the second Swiss spaceman in history.
This content was published on November 23, 2022 - 17:15 November 23, 2022 - 17:15 Keystone-SDA/AFP/dos The 33-year-old from Bern was selected from a total of 22,500 candidates who applied for a spot in the latest promotion. The other members of the elite crew, announcedexternal link by the ESA on Wednesday, are from Belgium, France, Spain, and the UK.
Sieber, who currently works as a urologist in the bilingual Swiss city of Biel/Bienne, is also a paratrooper in the Swiss army, as well as the holder of a private pilot's licence.
He previously worked as chief medical officer for the Swiss forces in the KFOR international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. And in his free time, Sieber is a fan of adventure sports, including skydiving, paragliding, scuba diving, ski touring, and kitesurfing.
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