There are more European astronauts in space than ever before, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). “This is a new record,” said ESA chief, Josef Aschbacher, at a European space conference in Brussels on Tuesday. A total of five astronauts from Europe are currently on the International Space Station ISS. On Saturday, Spanish-born and former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, Italian Walter Villadei, Swede Marcus Wandt and Turkish-born Alper Gezeravci docked at the ISS on board a “Crew Dragon” from the private space company SpaceX, which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk. The current…