Plenary 1: 60th Anniversary Yuri Gagarin’s Spaceflight

In 2021 the entire global community will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first space flight, a truly significant event with which the era of practical space exploration began and forever changed the world. GLEX 2021 will feature a special Plenary dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s spaceflight. More than 15 international astronauts and cosmonauts are invited to this highlight event and will give their tribute to the first man in space and the beginning of humankind’s space flight era.

Moderator

Franz VIEHBOCK

Astronaut and CEO, Berndorf AG

Austria

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Speakers

Alexander ALEXANDROV

Cosmonaut and General Director's Council, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia

Russia

Anatoly ARTSEBARSKY

Cosmonaut

Russia

Hazzaa ALMANSOORI

Astronaut, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC)

United Arab Emirates

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Mike BAKER

Astronaut and Advisor, Rhodium Scientific

United States

Jean-Loup CHRETIEN

Astronaut and CEO, Tietronix Europe

France

Jean-François CLERVOY

ESA astronaut, Honorary Chairman, Novespace

France

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Reinhold EWALD

President, European Astronaut and Professor of Astronautics, Association of Space Explorers

Germany

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Claudie HAIGNERÉ

Astronaut and Director General, JPCH Espaces

France

Jean-Pierre HAIGNERÉ

Astronaut and President, JPCH Espaces

France

Sergey KRIKALEV

Executive Director for Human Space Flights, ROSCOSMOS

Russia

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Oleg KOTOV

Cosmonaut and Deputy Director for Science, Institute for Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBMP RAS)

Russia

Ulf MERBOLD

Astronaut

Germany

Julie PAYETTE

Astronaut and Former Governor General of Canada

Canada

Dumitru-Dorin PRUNARIU

Astronaut and Expert, Romanian Association for Space Technology and Industry, Member, Board of the Romanian Space Agency, ROMSPACE

Romania

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Sergei REVIN

Cosmonaut

Russia

Aleksandr SKVORTSOV

Cosmonaut

Russia

Pavel VINOGRADOV

Cosmonaut and Deputy Head of Aircraft and Space Flight Center, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia

Russia