The head of the TsPK them. Yu A. Gagarin Maxim Kharlamov said that he received the first packages of documents from those who wanted to be elected to the cosmonaut corps. This has been reported TASS.
“Twelve completed document packages are under our review. There is still something to be completed (documents. – socialbites.ca), ”said Kharlamov.
It was noted that a commission was working on these documents. He also added that no documents were received from the participants in the selection for the movie “Challenge”.
Sergey Krikalev, Former Executive Director of Roskosmos declarationThe government agency recently announced the recruitment of new candidates for the Cosmonaut Corps. According to Krikalev, in Gagarin’s time, a little over a year had passed since the cosmonauts joined the detachment in flight, the training itself was much shorter. Now the technique has become more complex and the tasks have increased even more.
According to Krikalev, it takes about 2-3 years to pass one hundred exams. So the total training period is about 6 years or more.
For more information on how Russia and the United States interacted on the ISS in the face of political tension, why the station operated after the warranty expired, and how they dealt with cracks from unknown causes, see ISS. report Krikalev “socialbites.ca”.
Formerly Roscosmos and NASA acceptance Additional flight of a cosmonaut on the Soyuz.