Hungary Restarting Astronaut Program With Eight Finalists

Soyuz-36 crewmembers
After a hiatus of more than four decades, Hungary, which flew a cosmonaut on the Soyuz-36 mission, is reviving its human space program.
Credit: NASA
PARIS—Hungary, which has not flown an astronaut in 42 years, is restarting its human space program, with eight finalists undergoing evaluation for a planned flight to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of an Axiom Space crew. “A long time ago, Hungary was the seventh nation to send an...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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