On October 22, in the lecture hall of the TsAGI Demonstration Center (Zhukovsky, within the framework of the discussion club, a meeting was held with a man of amazing destiny – pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, Hero of Russia Alexander Lazutkin. It was he who happened to become a participant in one of the most extreme space expeditions in the history of space exploration.
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| Hero of Russia Alexander Lazutkin. |
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Before the meeting, the curator of the exhibition Dmitry Yaroshevsky conducted a tour of the historical and documentary exhibition "184 days on Mira Street or the expedition of a lifetime", dedicated to both the epoch-making flight and the difficult fate of the Mir space station.
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How is the selection process for the cosmonaut squad? What qualities should a future conqueror of outer space possess? What are the real dangers of space for its brave explorers, how important is it to be prepared for possible "emergency situations", and how can a few minutes be crucial in the struggle for survival? Alexander Ivanovich told the visitors of the TSAGI Demonstration Center about all this and much more.
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During the meeting, the cosmonaut was ceremoniously presented with an official certificate of naming a minor planet after him. It is issued by the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the basis of a decision of the Committee on Naming Minor Planets of the International Astronomical Union. It was presented to the hero of the occasion by the discoverer of the planet, astronomer-researcher Timur Kryachko.
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The cosmonaut was also presented with his graphic portrait, the work of the famous Sochi artist Yvette Key, created as part of the project "Heroes of Space in images and lines."
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Valery Ageev
