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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. |
| Colonel 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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| The
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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