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[b]Dmitry Rogozin met with Indian cosmonaut candidates[/b] On March 22, 2021, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin met with Indian cosmonaut candidates who successfully completed general space training in Russia. The meeting was also attended by the Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation, Mr. D.B. Venkatesh Varma and representatives of Roscosmos subsidiaries, who participated in the training of Indian cosmonaut candidates. The Ambassador of the Republic of India thanked Dmitry Rogozin for supporting the training program for Indian cosmonauts. The contract to train Indian space flight candidates was signed on June 27, 2019 by the Glavkosmos company (part of Roscosmos) and the Human Space Flight Centre under Indian Space Research Organisation. On February 10, 2020, the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center began the planned training of Indian cosmonaut candidates. All the preparation and training took place in Russia and included a number of elements necessary for future cosmonauts, such as medical and physical training, studying the Russian language, studying the design, layout and systems of the Soyuz crewed spacecraft.
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