Life in the city of astronauts

Located in northeastern Moscow, " Star City " is the astronaut's training ground before flying into space. Under Soviet times this was a secret place, but today many astronauts live in the city with their families.

The statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first astronaut to fly into space, at Star City astronaut training center.

In Star City, there are not only Russians, but also American, Japanese and other astronauts.Space travelers must also undergo training here before climbing the spaceship.The city has post offices, railroads, shops and a museum of space exploration.

A Russian astronaut (left) and a NASA American pilot (right) wear a water suit.The clothes they are wearing are used for walking in space.

Two astronauts walked into a suit made for Russian walk-in vacuum.This suit will have the same role as a manned spaceship when astronauts walk in space.

The giant centrifugal camera was used to create G force, a force that astronauts face in the process of launching spacecraft into space and bringing the ship back to Earth.

Sergei Volkov, a Russian astronaut, prepares for a dive in a centrifugal camera.

Special gloves help astronauts withstand the vacuum and extreme temperatures in the universe.

Three American astronauts (right), Russians (middle) and Japanese (left) wear astronaut clothes and prepare to return to the spacecraft.

Inside the Soyuz missile chamber model, the cosmonauts trained to return to the spacecraft.

An engineer tracks the screens during a flight simulation training session in the universe.

During a training session, the two astronauts performed air button manipulation in an international space station simulation place.

Astronauts practice walking in space at a giant tank with the help of divers.