Yury Onufriyenko - Cosmonaut Career

Cosmonaut Career

He was selected as a cosmonaut candidate in 1989. From September 1989 to January 1991, Onufriyenko underwent a course of general space training. Starting April 1991, he underwent training as a member of test cosmonauts group. Starting March 1994, he entered flight training to be the commander of the stand-by crew of the Mir-18 expedition aboard the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft and the Mir space station as part of the Shuttle-Mir program.

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