During the visit to the Star City (Moscow region), the head of the region Andrei Vorobyov laid flowers to the monument to Yuri Gagarin, met with the veterans of the Russian rocket and space industry and the current cosmonauts of Roskosmos detachment. In the center of the training of cosmonauts named after Yu.A. Gagarin Communication took place in an informal setting over a cup of tea.
At the meeting with the governor of the Moscow region, he was present twice the hero of the Soviet Union, the cosmonaut pilot of the USSR Boris Volynov, twice the hero of the Soviet Union, the pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR Peter Klimuk, the hero of Russia, the cosmonaut of the Russian Federation Yuri Malenchenko, the hero of Russia, the cosmonaut’s hero, RUSSIA Vasily Zubiev, Hero of Russia, Cosmonaut’s pilot-cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov, Hero of Russia, Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation Sergey Zaletin. They shared memories and spoke about the approaching anniversary of the flight Yuri Gagarin.
In conversation with Andrei Vorobyev, and representatives of Roskosmos Cosmonauts, headed by the hero of Russia, a pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation Oleg Kononenko took part. The governor of the region congratulated the participants of the event with the 60th anniversary of the first flight of a person in space, wished them health and good luck.