Do not like to return to earth

If selected, Russian astronauts will never want to return to earth. That is the part they like the least in their work.

"The best thing about my job is when you are in the air and looking at the earth. It's like a giant blue ball, flying in the thick blackness around you," the astronaut column Vladimir Dezhurov said.

Dezhurov lived in Star City - a secret training station for astronauts near Moscow - for 21 years and twice landed on the International Space Station 350 km from the earth, and each stay 4 months.

He could not think of any other profession he liked better, regardless of whether it would work only day and night. The hardest part of the job, is not to work long hours or to miss family or friends, but to go back to earth, he said."The problem is not ordinary jobs on the left

Astronaut Vladimir Dezhurov (Photo: NaSa)

soil - like bills to pay, food to buy, and daily chores . Your muscle fibers are severely degraded. It is difficult to walk back. You will have to practice, just like a child ".

Astronauts must practice daily on the space station to avoid the depletion of the legs and feet, which are not used in a weightless state. It takes several weeks under the doctor's treatment to recover after a long time in the air.

Star City is a Soviet-era town with a population of about 5,000. Most of the buildings were built in the 1960s and have become old. Access to this town is also very strict.

Russian astronauts, probably originating from military pilots, engineers or apprentices, have to train their bodies by traveling in narrow missiles and living in a state of weightlessness. quantity. They hover in specially designed planes that fly up and down Parabolic. In another training program, a centrifuge that simulates the attraction of the earth acts on astronauts while the ship launches or invades the earth, making travelers four times heavier.

Those who have about $ 25 million can go through that training and become a cosmonaut. But no matter whether it is a tourist or a professional astronaut, they will still return to earth with a strong impact.

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