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It’s official: the next Hungarian astronaut has been selected
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In line with the final decision of an expert committee, Tibor Kapu has been selected as the Hungarian astronaut to be sent to space and his backup will be Gyula Cserényi, the foreign minister said on Monday.
The ministry cited PĂ©ter SzijjĂ¡rtĂ³ as saying before setting off for a European Union foreign ministers’ meeting in Brusssels that Kapu and CserĂ©nyi will undergo the last phase of training.
240 people applied for the mission, from which, through a very complex process, experts finally selected four candidates who underwent extensive training ranging from space dynamics to light aircraft pilot training, various physical tests and scientific work.
Kapu is a 32-year-old mechanical engineer with a background in battery development in the automotive industry, and Cserényi is a 35-year-old electrical engineer, he added.
The two men were among four candidates in the Hungarian to Orbit (HUNOR) programme.
