Luxembourg may be small, but its ambitions in space reach far beyond its borders. At the heart of this cosmic journey stands Raphaël Liégeois, the only Luxembourg-Belgian astronaut, whose path to the stars combines scientific rigour, personal passion, and a deep sense of identity.
“I’m a neuroscientist,” Liégeois explained during a recent event marking thirty years of Luxembourg’s relationship with the European Space Agency. Speaking in a packed screening room at Kinepolis Kirchberg, he recalled the moment he first began astronaut…
