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Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center information


55°52′28″N 38°06′54″E / 55.8745°N 38.115°E / 55.8745; 38.115

Gagarin State Scientific Research and Testing Cosmonaut Training Center
Native name
Центр подготовки космонавтов имени Ю. А. Гагарина
Company typeFederal Government establishment
IndustrySpace
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)
FounderSergei Korolev
Headquarters
Zvyozdny gorodok, Moscow Oblast
,
Russia
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Maksim Kharlamov, Chief
ProductsResearch, testing and training services
OwnerRussian Federation
ParentRoscosmos
Websitegctc.su (in English)

The Yuri A. Gagarin State Scientific Research-and-Testing Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC; Russian: Центр подготовки космонавтов имени Ю. А. Гагарина)[1] is a Russian training facility responsible for training cosmonauts for their space missions. It is in Star City of Moscow Oblast, a name which may refer to the facility itself or to its grounds.[2]

  1. ^ Russian: Российский Государственный Научно-Исследовательский Испытательный Центр Подготовки Космонавтов (РГНИИЦПК) им. Ю. А. Гагарина, Rossiyskiy Gosudarstvenny Nauchno-Issledovatelsky Ispytatelny Tsentr Podgotovki Kosmonavtov (RGNIITsPK) im. Yu. A. Gagarina
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BHp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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