“We had a training crew in winter conditions in the steppe.
Our task was after a freelance landing training to assess the situation, leave the descent vehicle and, taking into account the available equipment and equipment, build a shelter using the vehicle, ”she said, adding that in the future they had to hold out until the rescuers arrived.
In turn, the Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky said that once the cosmonauts were given weapons with them in case of an animal attack in the wild.
“Once it was true, and Andrei (cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko -
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and I really
went through training in shooting from this unique three-barreled pistol.
Now they are gone, now we have a satellite phone and GPS navigators.
The need has disappeared, we are easy enough to find.
Maybe someday they will introduce it again, because it was a multifunctional pistol: both against predators, and it fired rockets, and shot - you could shoot yourself something tasty, ”he noted.
Earlier, Ryazansky told what an ordinary day of an astronaut looks like, who is preparing for a flight into space.