Original sentence: Claudie Haigneré, a French "spationaute", has been junior minister for Research and New Technologies, and junior minister for European Affaires, in a government led by Mr Jean-Pierre Raffarin.Two individuals have made the journey to space and was later elected to become a Member of the European Parliament
Edited sentence: Claudie Haigneré, a French "spationaute", has been junior minister for Research and New Technologies, and junior minister for European Affairs, in a government led by Mr Jean-Pierre Raffarin.Two individuals have made the journey to space and were later elected to become a Member of the European Parliament