International Congress of the Association of Space Flight Participants

Submitted by Dmitry_Gorbachev on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 13:37

Head of the Department of Optics Vladimir Gaishun and Head of the Department of Theoretical Physics Gennady Tyumenkov took part in the XXXI International Congress of the Association of Space Flight Participants, which was held in Minsk.

The event brought together about 90 cosmonauts from 19 countries. The largest delegations came from Russia and the United States. The event involved participants from Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, China and other countries.

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus became one of the main organizers of the event, its opening was held with the participation of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

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