On Monday 20th June we had a visit from a real Russian cosmonaut! His name is Colonel Anatoly Artsebarskiy and he spent more than 144 days in space in the early 90's much of it aboard the Russian Mir space station and is in the UK as the guest of the Scotland Russia institute. He has spent 33 hours walking in space and he told us that he wanted to travel in space ever since he was four years old.
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| We asked lots of questions but he was impressed with how much we knew already. |
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| Typical! Fire alarm in the middle of the visit - and it was raining! |
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| He very kindly left us lots of gifts. |
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| Signing our gifts |
During his time as a cosmonaut Colonel Artsebarskiy worked with Helen Sharman who was the first Britiish woman to go into space.
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| Suited up and ready to go. |
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| Hard at work! |
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| The space station |
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In space there is no gravity - it looks like fun to float around!
Maybe not so much fun sleeping upside down though!
Helen Sharman
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Anatoly Artsebarskiy and Helen Sharman.
We really enjoyed talking to Colonel Artsebarskiy and it was a privilege to meet someone who had actually been into space. We even made it on to the STV news!
Wow P4 you really were lucky to meet such a famous person. I think you all enjoyed his visit. It's just a pity that all of you didn't get a chance to appear on the T.V at night, but well done to those who did.Caroline (Louise's mum)
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