Avi Blizovsky
In the photo: the heads of the Israel Space Association with cosmonaut Volinov
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On 20/10, a reception was held at the Air Force House in Herzliya for the Russian cosmonaut Boris Volinov, who was a guest of the Fisher Institute for Strategic Air and Space Research.
The Minister of Science, Modi Zandberg, who hosted the event, spoke in praise of the Russian space program and said that the International Space Station is the largest cooperation project in the world - Kipu is expected to reach one hundred billion dollars in its 15 years of existence. Russia, the USA, Japan, the European Union and Canada are partners in the project. Following the Columbia disaster in February of this year, the only contact with the International Space Station was made through Russian Soyuz spacecraft bringing astronauts to the station and automated Russian spacecraft bringing supplies using Progors rockets.
The Russians were the first to send an astronaut into space, Yuri Gagarin, and were also the first to send a woman into space - Valentina Tereshkova.
The Mir space station served as a school for Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts when it comes to man's long-term stay in space. To this day, the Russians continue to hold the record for space travel. more than a year.
Israeli-Russian co-operation in space: (launch) Tavex as part of an international Russian project in which Israel participated. which unfortunately did not come to fruition due to financial reasons. The Technion students' satellite weighing 48 kg was launched into space in 1998 using a Russian launcher. The long satellite of ImageSat, a company jointly owned by the aerospace industry, was built by the aerospace industry and launched into space in 2000 by a Russian launcher. Following the failure of the French Ariane rocket, the Israeli communication satellite Amos 2 is planned to be launched into space at the end of 2003 using a Russian launcher. The satellite weighs more than a ton and will provide communication services to Israel and Eastern Europe, as well as high-speed internet services from space from Israel to the USA.
There is room for cooperation between Israel and Russia in light of the fact that many scientists in Israel speak Russian.
After receiving symbolic gifts from representatives of the aviation industry and the Fisher Institute, Volinov went on stage with the help of an interpreter and said that due to being Jewish, he paid special attention to Israel and watched it many times from space. He thanked his hosts for the respect they show him during his visit and also said that during his stay in space he was many times on the brink of death and thanked luck and resourcefulness that helped him escape from it.
The evening will be held at the Air Force House in Herzliya, a study evening that will deal with the field of space exploration in the world.
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