The Selection Of Cosmonauts*

 A. Shamsutdinov. (1997), JBIS, 50, pp.311-316

Refcode: 1997.50.311

Abstract:

The cosmonaut selection process in the former Soviet Union and in Russia consists of three stages, each of which corresponds to a particular status ** :

Stage  1 : prospective cosmonaut
2 : cosmonaut candidate
3 : cosmonaut