Monday, September 17, 2007

Alexei Leonov

Former cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first man to walk in space, with the first UK woman in space Helen Sharman, at the Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh, to launch the 20th Annual Planetary Congress taking place in the city this week.

The Spaceship Leonov in 2010: The Year We Make Contact was named after the ex Cosmonaut.

1 comment:

allen etter said...

I always loved that ship's design.