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How much do you know about the training programm of Astronauts? [quiz]

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Everybody has admired astronauts, but would you think you have what it takes to be one? It is exciting to be in space, but the training they go through is really immense!

Even if you never considered applying as a candidate for being an astronaut, it is worth to learn a bit about  their training.

Let’s play the below quiz and discover the challenges of astronauts’ training procedures.

You can find more info if you are interested at Nasa site and wikipedia

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  • Question of

    The AsCans (Austronaut candidates) at Nasa, in order to become fully qualified austronauts, have to undergo training up to:

    • one year
    • two years
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    In the Basic NASA Training, the astronauts take language courses, specifically in:

    • Russian
    • Chinese
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    In Nasa, after the basic training, an advanced training follows, with use of real-sized models and Virtual Reality. This is the last section of training.

    • False
    • True
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    The final phase in NASA is called the Intensive training, undergoing parallel with mission planning. This phase starts about:

    • one year prior to launch
    • three months prior to launch
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    The European Training is carried out by the European Austronaut Centre (EAC). It is headquartered in:

    • Cambridge, England
    • Cologne, Germany
  • Question of

    For the selected astronauts, the basic training begins in the EAC headquarters and lasts:

    • 12 months
    • 16 months
  • Question of

    The last phase of training in EAC is called Increment-Specific Training, starting only after an astronaut is assigned to a flight. This phase lasts:

    • 12 months
    • 18 months
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    For Russian Cosmonauts, the General Space Training (Basic level) lasts

    • 12 months
    • 24 months
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    The Russian Astronauts training, in the last phase of their education are also learning

    • Chinese
    • English
  • Question of

    Apart from the Japanese and Chinese spaceflight programms, a country cooperating with NASA and waits for a formal ‘go ahead’, in order to probably proceed to a human spaceflight programm indivicually is:

    • India
    • Israel

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