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On March 14, 2017, Roscosmos began a new set of astronauts. According to the deputy head of the corporation, Alexander Ivanov, until the end this year will be selected about eight people capable to go into space.
Any citizen can take part in this selection competition Russian Federation under 35 years old, possessing the following data (except for the above age limit): higher education, the necessary qualifications and experience for working in space, excellent the health needed for this purpose by physical fitness and psychological qualities. It is for these indicators that will be to pass the competition, everything else – nationality, gender, skin color, eye, even growth – will not affect the selection results.
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Note that now in the cosmonaut corps of Russia – thirty fourteen of them never flew into space, and the latest set of new aspirants to conquer extraterrestrial The space was held in 2012.
What does the new contest mean? As Ivanov said, today before Russia faces new challenges in space exploration, for example, in the immediate plans of Roscosmos – the creation of promising spacecraft Federation, which will require specialists a new level.
Probably, in connection with this, a new faculty is opening at Moscow State University – space, at least, the enrollment of students in it has already been announced. As the rector of the university Viktor Sadovnichy said, this year the new the faculty of the main university of the country will receive at least a hundred people – future specialists in all areas of space science. It seems that a new stage in space exploration is beginning in Russia!
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