Norah in training to make the first giant leap for Ireland’s step into space

Norah Patten is on course to be Ireland’s first person in space.

The aeronautical engineer has just completed two programmes, back-to-back, with Project Possum, an organisation preparing citizens and scientists for commercial space travel.

“Project Possum is based in the US but it accepts international participants. Unlike Nasa, you don’t have to be a US citizen to be accepted. I have just completed their aviation egress training, egress is basically how you exit a situation, so we learned about how you would ditch if you landed on water,” said Norah.