hello, oleg tiktorovich, how did your family react to this choice of profession, or were they also astronautsly found out almost at the last moment, because. it took a very long time to complete the selection process, i only then informed my father and mother that i had actually passed the selection, because there was no need to talk about it before, thank you, next. relive it again if possible? the brightest moment, well, again, it’s hard to say, now it came to mind when we played football, here at the stadium of our school, not i managed to score a goal with my head while falling backwards, that was cool, thank you very much. how will an astronaut be prepared for flight? well , astronauts prepare for a flight for a very long time, since we first go through a general space training course, which is about one and a half to two years, then there is training for specialization groups, also a year and a half, then if you are appointed to the crew, and according to statistics, about half the selected cosmonauts don’t fly, then you start preparing for about a year and a half just for your flight,