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First, the astronaut candidates will have about two years of basic training, where they will learn survival training, language, technical skills and other things they need to be an astronaut. The astronaut training process springer praxis books space exploration seedhouse, erik on. Some children have under responsiveness to movement, and some have overresponsiveness to movement, which can cause dizziness. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. To prepare for emergency landings on their return, the astronauts also underwent jungle survival training in panama and desert survival in nevada and washington. The first phase starts with two years of basic training. Esa astronauts samantha cristoforetti and matthias maurer joined 16 chinese astronauts earlier this month for nine days of sea survival training off chinas coastal city of yantai. That means astronauts of many nationalities must train at the gctc in order to familiarize.
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