CLASS OF 2018 THF NFW COSMONAUTS

摘要

As anticipated, Roskosmos presented their new candidates to the media and public on 10 August, eight new cosmonaut trainees, including the younger brother of a crew member now on board the International Space Station. An interdepartmental commission selected the eight new candidates, including Yevgeny Prokopyev, the sibling of Expedition 56 flight engineer Sergey Prokopyev, who was launched to the station in June. The Prokopyevs are the first Russian siblings and the second pair of brothers in the world to be chosen for a cosmonaut or astronaut corps.