# Record 12,000 applications submitted for Russia’s cosmonaut corps

https://mins.news/en/item/68623

- TASS, 2026-09-22 09:34 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://tass.com/science/2190999

> Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov says 12,000 Russians applied during this year’s open recruitment for the corporation’s Cosmonaut Corps, a record enabled by publishing the announcement on the Gosuslugi public-services portal. So far, 350 applicants have passed the first selection stage; recruitment will be completed this year.