Cosmonaut assignments

[aquarius]

The TV Channel Vesti reports that Svyatoslav Morozov is going on a 6-month expedition on the Russian station Vostok in the Antarctic.

So, he's not fit to fly into space, but fit enough to go to the Antarctic??

[Suzy]

"Russian Cosmonaut Resigns Space Station Command for 'Better Job'", 6 Sept - cosmonaut is Yuri Lonchakov (was due for a flight in 2015). More details in a Daily Express article.

[Nicolas PILLET]

On 23rd August 2013, Swanson had exam on Don-Soyuz simulator...

http://www.gctc.ru/media/foto/big/2116/2683394345.jpg

Isn't it unusual for a non-Russian astronaut to have such an exam ?

[Olaf]

Some news from the NK forum from today:
M. Aymakhanov was recommended by the MWK as a candidate for the cosmonaut group of the TsPK.
Oleg Skripochka was confirmed as the back-up for S. Volkov on Soyuz TMA-18M.
A. Ovchinin and O. Skripochka were confirmed as the Russian members of the main crew ISS 47/48.

[TALsite]

Some news from the NK forum from today:
M. Aymakhanov was recommended by the MWK as a candidate for the cosmonaut group of the TsPK.
Oleg Skripochka was confirmed as the back-up for S. Volkov on Soyuz TMA-18M.
A. Ovchinin and O. Skripochka were confirmed as the Russian members of the main crew ISS 47/48.

I've posted a .pdf document with future manned spaceflights on this thread:

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=740.msg1154386#msg1154386

Regards. 
Carlos.

[Olaf]

Yuri Lonchakov was appointed as the new head of the TsPK.
http://www.federalspace.ru/20436/

[Olaf]

According to an info by shams in the NK forum V. Korsun is now (again) a deputy of the head of the TsPK and (again) the head of the Cosmonaut group of the TsPK.

[Artyom.]

Russia's latest Cosmonaut candidate group passed one of their final exams.

http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2536

[tonyq]

Notable that Anna Kikina is missing from this report of the graduation ceremony yesterday:-

http://www.federalspace.ru/20693/

I wonder what the story is here? On 51st Anniversary of the flight of the first woman cosmonaut, could it be that  the 'glass ceiling' still remains for women, in the Russian cosmonaut team.

[Lewis007]

Notable that Anna Kikina is missing from this report of the graduation ceremony yesterday:-

http://www.federalspace.ru/20693/

I wonder what the story is here? On 51st Anniversary of the flight of the first woman cosmonaut, could it be that  the 'glass ceiling' still remains for women, in the Russian cosmonaut team.

Also missing is Ignat Ignatov. I guess they failed to pass the final exams. Maybe they get another chance to pass the exams in the near future??

[Artyom.]

Also missing is Ignat Ignatov. I guess they failed to pass the final exams.

Ignat Ignatov has not passed a medical board in April of this year  ...

[Frandolf]

via Twitter:

SpaceShuttleAlmanac ‏@ShuttleAlmanac

The only female Cosmonaut candidate, 30 yr old Anna Y. Kikin did not pass the tests to become a Test-Cosmonaut. pic.twitter.com/YBFnFYt0g6

[Frandolf]

and again via Twitter:

SpaceShuttleAlmanac ‏@ShuttleAlmanac

6 Cosmonauts have been selected out of 8 candidates yesterday after two years training. Two did not make it. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/tJod8JfE9k

[Lewis007]

Also missing is Ignat Ignatov. I guess they failed to pass the final exams.

Ignat Ignatov has not passed a medical board in April of this year  ...

Thanks for that link. If I got it correctly, it also stated that Sergei Zalyotin and Roman Romanenko were disqualified for medical reasons by the Chief Medical Commission on April 22; with Romanenko's status to be reviewed.
Zalyotin retired as a cosmonaut on May 1. I wonder who will take over his mission assignment of ISS-46/47 (Soyuz TMA-19M)

[npuentes]

Also missing is Ignat Ignatov. I guess they failed to pass the final exams.

Ignat Ignatov has not passed a medical board in April of this year  ...

Thanks for that link. If I got it correctly, it also stated that Sergei Zalyotin and Roman Romanenko were disqualified for medical reasons by the Chief Medical Commission on April 22; with Romanenko's status to be reviewed.
Zalyotin retired as a cosmonaut on May 1. I wonder who will take over his mission assignment of ISS-46/47 (Soyuz TMA-19M)

Yuri Malenchenko

[Artyom.]

Anna Kikina to stay in Russia's cosmonaut team 

http://www.interfax.ru/russia/382657 (in Russian)

[Satori]

Anna Kikina to stay in Russia's cosmonaut team 

http://www.interfax.ru/russia/382657 (in Russian)

But she was selected for cosmonaut training or will she have another opportunity to be selected?

[collectSPACE]

Interfax reported (citing an unnamed source) that Kikina will need to complete another year of basic training before she can qualify as a test-cosmonaut and begin spaceflight-specific training to be eligible for a mission assignment.

[Artyom.]

Training to simulate the crew after landing in the desert or semidesert:

[Artyom.]

Special Parachute Training for the Cosmonauts.

Photo by Konstantin Kolodyazhniy.