Virtual reality is also becoming increasingly used as a tool to immerse AsCans into the space environment.
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This training phase also focuses on skills such as robotic operations, rendezvous and docking, Russian language courses, human behavior and performance, and finally a PADI open water scuba diving course.
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After completing basic astronaut training, he was assigned to the Apollo program and briefly served on the support crew for the first manned post-Apollo 1 fire mission, eventually to fly as Apollo 7.
At the end of the week, the winning cadet would get to go to Star City in Russia for some real astronaut training.