Earlier in the week Captain Kirk aka William Shatner finally earned his space wings a she became the oldest person to ever go into space - at the age of 90.

So we found out what you need to do to become an astronaut and Anton Savage spoke to Dr. Norah Patten - Global Faculty Member at the International Space University and Bioastronautics Researcher with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences.

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