Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
Fulier travelled to Star City and was trained as a cosmonaut from 2 March 1998 at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He did not fly, because Ivan Bella was chosen instead of him, but he was a backup for the Soyuz TM-29 discovery spaceflight. He left the base on 28 February 1999.