Cosmonauts to Speak

[lgarrett@uidaho.edu]

COSMONAUTS TO SPEAK AT UI WEDNESDAY
	Col. Alexander Volkov and Dr. Alexander Martynov of the 
Russian space program will speak Wednesday from 7-9pm in the 
Jansen Engineering Building, rrom 104 on the University of Idaho 
campus.
	The program is being hosted by the UI College of Education's 
Center for Evaluation, Research and Public Service, Institute for 
Mathematics, Interactive Technology and Science, the Palouse 
Discovery Science Center and the Idaho Space Grant Consortium.
	The presentation is free and open to the public. There will be an 
informal reception immediately following the program.
	Volkov, the most highly decorated cosmonaut in Russia spent 
65 days aboard Soyuz/Salut in his first space flight. His second 
mission in space was an endurance test of 150 days aboard the 
Mir orbiting laboratory.
	Martynov was responsible for landing space vehicles on the 
Moon, Mars and Venus as well as the safe return of manned 
spacecraft to Earth.