posted 07-11-2023 08:34 AM               

Roscosmos State Corporation and the Cosmonaut Training Center announce the start of a new selection for the cosmonaut corps!

State Corporation "Roscosmos" and the Cosmonaut Training Center named after Yu.A. Gagarin announce the start of an open competition for the selection of candidates for cosmonauts of the Russian Federation.

The goal is to ensure the fulfillment of the tasks of the Federal Space Program of the Russian Federation.

Any citizen of Russia who meets the requirements for applicants can participate in the competition. According to the results of the competition, it is planned to select candidates for cosmonauts who will join the Roscosmos cosmonaut corps.

Applicants for participation in the selection submit to the competition commission packages of documents according to the list of personal and medical documents. Applications and documents (copies of originals) are accepted until October 30, 2023.

Documents are sent by mail with notification to the address: 141160, Moscow Region, Star City, to the head of the Yu.A. Gagarin" with the note "To the competition commission for holding an open competition for the selection of candidates for cosmonauts of the Russian Federation in 2023."

Copies of the original documents received by the tender commission are not returned to the applicant. The confidentiality of information received by the tender committee is guaranteed in accordance with Federal Law No. 152-FZ "On Personal Data" dated July 27, 2006.

All documents submitted by the applicants can be checked by the tender committee for the accuracy of the information contained in them in accordance with the established procedure.

The competitive commission in the course of the absentee selection examines the documents, determines the applicants who do not meet the selection requirements, and notifies them of this. Refusal to the applicant does not require special justification and is brought to his attention by phone or e-mail. The remaining applicants are subject to personal verification (testing) for compliance with the requirements for professional suitability during the full-time selection stage.

The competitive commission by phone or e-mail calls the applicants who have passed the absentee selection to the CPC for in-person selection to check their compliance with the established requirements.

The decisions of the Interdepartmental Commission on selected applicants are published on the websites of the State Corporation Roscosmos and the CPC, and are also communicated personally to all selected cosmonaut candidates.

This is the fourth open selection for the Roscosmos cosmonaut corps, in which any Russian citizen under the age of 35 can participate. Eight astronaut candidates were selected in 2012, eight in 2018, and four in 2021. Now there are 26 people in the Roscosmos cosmonaut corps.

• Requirements for applicants
  
• List of personal documents
  
• List of medical documents
  
• Norms of physical exercises during selection
  
• Sample application for selection
  
• Form of consent to the processing of personal data
  
• A guide to taking aptitude tests for selection

posted 11-17-2023 04:15 PM               

Russia's Gagarin Center selects 16 candidates for cosmonaut team

The Russian cosmonaut corps could be replenished by four to six cosmonaut candidates

The Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center has selected 16 candidates for the cosmonaut team after examining over 1,000 applications, Center Head Maksim Kharlamov said on Wednesday (Nov. 15).

"We have already examined over 1,000 applications and formalized more than 150 good packages of documents. About 16 candidates have been determined and summoned for a face-to-face selection stage and this selection is already underway," he said.

The section procedure has been extended due to a large number of applications, he specified.

It was reported on July 10 that Russia's State Space Corporation Roscosmos had opened the fourth public selection for the Russian team of cosmonauts. Roscosmos Executive Director for Piloted Space Programs Sergey Krikalyov said that the Russian cosmonaut corps could be replenished by four to six cosmonaut candidates.