Four applicants shortlisted for the "Hungarian to Orbit (HUNOR)" astronaut program were presented on Tuesday, and they will start a two-year training program.
The foreign ministry said the four-member team includes a doctor and three engineers, and one of them will spend nearly one month on the international space station. Gábor Magyari, who is in charge of astronaut recruitment and training in HUNOR, told the event that 240 valid applications had been assessed in line with the requirements of the European Space Agency, NASA, the International Space Station and the programme’s private company partner, Axiom Space. The shortlisted applicants include 33-year-old electrical engineer Gyula Cserényi, 31-year-old space development engineer Tibor Kapu, clinical orthopaedic surgeon Ádám Schlégl and 40-year-old aviation design engineer András Szakály.