October 08, 2012 - by the decision of the Inter-Departmental Commission recommended to be recruited for the post of candidate for test-cosmonauts of the Cosmonaut Corps of FGBU "NII TsPK named after Yu.A. Gagarin. October 26, 2012 - he was appointed to the post of candidate test-cosmonauts of the Cosmonaut Corps of FGBU "NII TsPK named after Yu.A. Gagarin. Since July 15, 2014 - test - cosmonaut of cosmonaut team of Roscosmos.