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Encyclopedia > Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

The Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre was inaugurated on January 11, 1960 in Star City outside Moscow. In 1968 it was renamed Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Centre in memory of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin.


The centre contains facilities for training the various procedures needed for space travel.


External links

  • Russian Space Science Internet: Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (http://howe.iki.rssi.ru/GCTC/gctc_e.htm)

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