Do you dream of travelling to the stars? Do you want to know what Russia looks like from thousands of kilometers? The Russian Geographical Society together with Roskosmos has prepared an excellent present for the Cosmonautics Day, a lesson on #SpaceGeography.
April 10 at 7:00 p.m., a lecture of Fyodor Nikolaevich Yurchikhin will be held at the Moscow Headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society. Fyodor Yurchikhin has visited the Earth orbit five times and made 9 space walks.
Photo by Fyodor Yurchikhin
The hero of Russia will speak about space flights and their role for geography. He will share his impressions about what it feels like to leave the Earth.
In all his voyages Fyodor Nikolaevich doesn't go anywhere without his camera. He has taken hundreds of unique images of our country through the porthole of the International Space Station. Guest of the event will be able to see his best works on April 10.
Photo by Fyodor Yurchikhin
Registration is required to visit the event.
Fyodor Yurchikhin was born in Batumi. He graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute. He worked as a mechanical engineer for the Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia. In 1999, he was qualified as a test cosmonaut. In 2002 he made his first space flight aboard American Space Shuttle Atlantis. In 2007 he was the commander at the International Space Station and engineer at Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft. He made 9 space walks. Yurchikhin was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation medal, the Order of Friendship medal, the NASA Space Flight Medal.
Watch a livestreaming broadcast of the meeting at: http://www.rgo.ru/ru/lektorii/moskovskiy-lektoriy/onlayn