Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

55°52′28″N 38°06′54″E / 55.8745°N 38.115°E / 55.8745; 38.115

Gagarin State Scientific Research and Testing Cosmonaut Training Center
Native name
Центр подготовки космонавтов имени Ю. А. Гагарина
Company typeFederal Government establishment
IndustrySpace
Founded1960 (1960)
FounderSergei Korolev
Headquarters,
Russia
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Maksim Kharlamov, Chief
ProductsResearch, testing and training services
OwnerRussian Federation
ParentRoscosmos
Websitegctc.su (in English)

The Yuri A. Gagarin State Scientific Research-and-Testing Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC; Russian: Центр подготовки космонавтов имени Ю. А. Гагарина)[1] is a Russian training facility responsible for training cosmonauts for their space missions. It is in Star City of Moscow Oblast, a name which may refer to the facility itself or to its grounds.[2]

  1. ^ Russian: Российский Государственный Научно-Исследовательский Испытательный Центр Подготовки Космонавтов (РГНИИЦПК) им. Ю. А. Гагарина, Rossiyskiy Gosudarstvenny Nauchno-Issledovatelsky Ispytatelny Tsentr Podgotovki Kosmonavtov (RGNIITsPK) im. Yu. A. Gagarina
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BHp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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