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1043838 - On January 11, 1960 a center for preparing cosmonauts was established 30 kilometers away from Moscow. Today the Cosmonaut Training Center has a unique training and scientific potential: its large simulator base permits practically in full to model a space flight in conditions of the Earth. The Center has put into orbit over 80 space expeditions, over 350 crews including stand-by and reserve. Among them are more than 30 international crews of astronauts from 17 countries -- the United States, China, Slovakia, Austria, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, the United Kingdom, Germany, Syria, France, Japan and the European Space Agency. A spacewalk, so far as a training session. Photo by Alexander Mokletsov. From the RIA Novosti archives. 83-15051a
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