Star City is where cosmonauts are trained before they go into space.
I would like to know:
1 how long it takes to train as a cosmonaut.
2 how many people live there.
3 what equipment they have there.
The text doesn’t mention how long cosmonauts train. It says that 7,000 people live there and mentions replicas of real spacecraft, the centrifuge and a swimming pool to prepare cosmonauts for space walks.
I would like to know:
1 how long it takes to train as a cosmonaut.
2 how many people live there.
3 what equipment they have there.
The text doesn’t mention how long cosmonauts train. It says that 7,000 people live there and mentions replicas of real spacecraft, the centrifuge and a swimming pool to prepare cosmonauts for space walks.
1 T 2 NS 3 NS 4 F 5 F 6 T
1 to spare
2 tough
3 replicas
4 intensive
5 submerged
2 tough
3 replicas
4 intensive
5 submerged
I found the information about the centrifuge the most interesting. I’ve seen this particular piece of equipment on documentaries about the space programme and I’d love to be able to try it.
Star City hasn’t always had a name; at one time it was called Military Unit 26266 and only had a staff of 250 people. The cosmonaut training centre was opened on llth January I960 and it wasn’t until 1969 that its name was changed to honour Yuri Gagarin. The centre doesn’t just train Russian cosmonauts, it also trains international specialists from countries like France and India for their own space programmes.
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