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SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS FOR HUNGARIAN ASTRONAUT PROGRAMME PRESENTED

 

Four applicants shortlisted for the Hungarian astronaut programme dubbed Hungarian to Orbit (HUNOR) were presented on Tuesday, and they will start a two-year training programme, the foreign ministry said. The four-member team includes a doctor and three engineers, and one of them will spend nearly one month on the international space station, the statement said. Gábor Magyari, who is in charge of astronaut recruitment and training in HUNOR, told the event that 240 valid applications had been assessed in line with the requirements of the European Space Agency, NASA, the International Space Station and the programme’s private company partner, Axiom Space. The shortlisted applicants include 33-year-old electrical engineer Gyula Cserényi, 31-year-old space development engineer Tibor Kapu, clinical orthopaedic surgeon Ádám Schlégl and 40-year-old aviation design engineer András Szakály.