Cosmonaut Kikina

(Before It's News)

Just over a week after she was excluded from Russia’s cosmonaut corps, the federal space agency Roscosmos has reinstated Anna Kikina. The 29-year-old engineer, who was recruited in 2012 as the only female candidate in her group, will reportedly need to undergo another year of training before she will be eligible for a spaceflight. Kikina now stands the chance to become only the fifth Russian woman in history to fly in space.

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