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From Cleaning Space Toilets to Leading Mars Missions: Claire Parfitt's Journey

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Claire Parfitt, now leading Mars exploration teams, began her space career at 14 cleaning space toilets and unpacking artifacts at the National Space Centre in Leicester.
After studying physics and spacecraft engineering, she worked on missions like ExoMars and SMILE before joining the European Space Agency.

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Claire Parfitt, now leading Mars exploration teams, began her space career at 14 cleaning space toilets and unpacking artifacts at the National Space Centre in Leicester. After studying physics and spacecraft engineering, she worked on missions like ExoMars and SMILE before joining the European Space Agency.

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