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The 21st youth conference "New Materials, Technologies, and Devices in Rocket, Aviation, and Manned Spaceflight" was held at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GTC). Students from the Institute of Distance Education at the State University of Management participated in the conference.
The forum is being held in Star City for the 13th time with the support of Roscosmos, Rostec, and the Union of Aircraft Manufacturers of Russia. Its goal is to discover talent, develop scientific and technical creativity, and exchange experiences among young specialists, engineers, and managers working in high technology and space.
After the awards ceremony, test cosmonaut Kirill Peskov met with the participants. He answered the students' questions about working with foreign colleagues, language barriers, adapting to weightlessness, and the perception of time in flight. He also promised to come to the State University of Management to give a separate lecture:
"I hope the conference reports are more than just letters, words, and pretty presentation slides, but that they reflect truly breakthrough ideas that will propel domestic and global space exploration to ensure that, in our lifetime, we leave our footprints on the dusty paths of distant planets. I believe that if we all work together, this plan will be realized," noted Kirill Peskov.
Afterwards, the students toured the Cosmonaut Training Center's technical facilities. In the Mir Orbital Station Hall, they were shown its full-scale simulator, where cosmonauts practiced weightlessness and learned to operate life support systems. The Soyuz Spacecraft Hall featured simulators that fully replicated real manned spacecraft. And in the International Space Station Hall, they saw the modules where modern crews live and work in orbit. Cosmonaut Training Center staff also explained how preparations for launch, docking, and return to Earth are conducted.
The students say the trip left a strong impression on them: the opportunity to see how cosmonauts prepare for missions and to personally interact with one of them opens new horizons and inspires scientific work. This isn't just a tour, but a step into the future—perhaps one of them will one day fly into orbit.
The organizers express their gratitude to the leadership of the Cosmonaut Training Center, the Directorate of the Institute of Distance Education at the State University of Management, and Alexey Sazonov, CEO of the company "April 12." We hope that such scientific and practical events will become a good tradition.
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