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Saturday 17th March this year, two
Russian Cosmonauts, Dr Alexander Martynov
and Colonel Alexander Volkov gave an
inspirational lecture in the school to
pupils and parents about what life is
really like in space. |
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Dr
Martynov is a doctor of Technical Science
and worked in the Russian Control Centre
from 1968 to 1992 as Head of the
Ballistics department. He has designed
re-entry modules ond controlled their
flights to provide soft landings on
Earth, Mars and Venus. Dr. Mortynov is
the author of a hundred and twenty
scientific articles and six books
dedicated to spacecraft motion. |
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Volkov is a cosmonaut researcher. He has
had three space flights, his first was
Soyuz T-14, then as Commander of the
Soviet French team on board the complex
'Mir,' and lastly as Commander of an
expedition from October 1991 to March
1992. Since then he has been Commander of
the Cosmonauts Training Centre. In short,
he is a highly decorated Cosmonaut. |
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lecture was a great success and was
sponsored by Merseyside SATRO and has
been organised by Knowsley southern
Clusterof the Gifted and Talented,
Excellence in Cities Initiative. prescot
school hosted this unique event as one of
many activities initiated from the recent
Language College Status. |
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