Posted on : Dec.5,2006 14:45 KST
Candidates hoping to be the first Korean astronauts wear spacesuits at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia on December 4. Eight were selected among 36,206 applicants through several tests. The final two will be chosen on December 25 and then trained for a year at the Gagarin center. One final winner will board Russia’s Soyuz Spacecraft in April 2008.
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