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Raumfahrt - First crew of US Starliner spacecraft arrives in Russia for training.The training will continue for five weeks

2.04.2019

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Members of the first crew of the US Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft have arrived at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in the Moscow Region in order to complete training, the center’s website informed on Monday.

"Today, NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Mike Fink and Barry Whitmore were introduced to the leadership and the employees of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. The astronauts are getting ready for the first test flight of the International Space Station within the crew of the Starliner spacecraft," the message informed.

The training will go on for five weeks. During their training, the US astronauts will study the workings of the Russian segment of the ISS, the emergency protocol and the basics of the Russian language.

Quelle: TASS

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