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# ci290 Visit of cosmonaut Viktor Savinykh. November, 2003.

It was a great honor to have as a guest a veteran-cosmonaut Viktor Petrovich Savinykh. During his 10 years carrier of Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Savinykh participated in 3 space missions and spent over 252 days on MIR, Salyut-6 and Salyut-7 stations.His Soyuz T-13/Salyut-7 flight was a most dangerous mission in space history.A bravery involved in this mission far exceeded anything previously exhibited in space.Viktor Savinykh awarded twice with Gold Stars of Hero of Soviet Union, with Tsiolkovskiy gold star of the USSR Academy of Science and several other Soviet and foreign awards for distinguished accomplishments in science and space exploration.Autor of several scientific books dedicated distance research of Earth from Cosmos.And autor of a number of science-popular books on Space Exploration. At present he`s a rector of Government University of Geodetic Engineering and Aerial Photography and Cartography. Interesting materials from Viktor`s flight archives will be presented on this site, including items flown with him in space, his books and collectible materials..Five of several photographs taken during his visit depict us together and also Viktor with my family.
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