[FPSPACE] Leonov speaks in Scotland monday

[Jim Oberg]

Tue 12 Jun 2007
Ex-cosmonaut finds space for Scots mission
news.scotsman.com
ONE of the pioneers of space exploration touched down in Scotland to make 
arrangements ahead of a conference in the Capital.

Former Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who was the first man in history to 
complete a space walk, will discuss plans for the Association of Space 
Explorers conference to be held in Edinburgh in September.

His "mission priority" was to help launch Careers Scotland's Festival of 
Science yesterday, as part of the Space School initiative running across the 
country.

The 73-year-old was one of several space experts visiting the Glasgow 
Science Centre, along with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and more than a 
dozen other Nasa engineers and technicians.

The Space School is a two-week programme of events across Scotland which 
will see the space explorers visit schools.

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Last updated: 12-Jun-07 11:54 BST