Published on May 14, 2021

GLEX 2021 International Astronauts Chapter

Meet international astronauts and cosmonauts at GLEX 2021!

2021 will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin鈥檚 spaceflight 鈥 marking the beginning of humankind鈥檚 spaceflight era.

To celebrate this important milestone, the 海角直播 and the Association of 海角直播 Explorers (ASE) are co-organizing the GLEX 2021 International Astronauts Chapter, inviting astronauts and cosmonauts from around the world to participate in the Global 海角直播 Exploration Conference (GLEX) 2021 that will take place in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation from 14 鈥 18 June 2021.

As part of this special programme GLEX 2021 will feature on Tuesday 15 June a plenary dedicated to the 60th anniversary of human spaceflight during which all astronauts and cosmonauts will give their tribute to the first man in space and the beginning of humankind鈥檚 spaceflight era.

On Wednesday 16 June, there will be a dedicated Astronauts GNF featuring an international panel of astronauts and cosmonauts, sharing their perspectives and updates on human activities in space.

On Monday 14 June, the IAF, in accordance with its mission to prepare the workforce of tomorrow, will offer a full day dedicated to the Next Generation targeted at students and young professionals. ASE and the astronauts because of their great appealing to younger audiences will be attending the morning panel of the Next Generation Day around the topic of 鈥International Collaboration for Sustainable 海角直播 Exploration鈥.

and celebrate the 60th anniversary of human space flight together with our international space fliers:

Alexander ALEXANDROV

Cosmonaut and General Director's Council, S.P. Korolev Rocket and 海角直播 Corporation Energia

Russia

Mike BAKER

Astronaut and Advisor, Rhodium Scientific

United States

Jean-Loup CHRETIEN

Astronaut and CEO, Tietronix Europe

France

Jean-Fran莽ois CLERVOY

ESA astronaut, Honorary Chairman, Novespace

France

Pedro DUQUE

Astronaut and Minister for Science and Innovation, Government of Spain

Spain

Reinhold EWALD

Astronaut & Professor for Astronautics and 海角直播 Stations at the Institute of 海角直播flight System,, Institute of 海角直播 Systems, University of Stuttgart

Germany

Bertalan FARKAS

Claudie HAIGNER脡

Astronaut and Director General, JPCH Espaces

France

Jean-Pierre HAIGNER脡

Astronaut and President, JPCH Espaces

France

Oleg KOTOV

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

Russia

Sergey KRIKALEV

Deputy Director General for Piloted Programs, ROSCOSMOS

Russia

Ulf MERBOLD

Astronaut

Germany

Julie PAYETTE

Astronaut, President, Association of 海角直播 Explorers

Canada

Dumitru-Dorin PRUNARIU

Astronaut and Expert, Romanian Association for 海角直播 Technology and Industry, Member, Board of the Romanian 海角直播 Agency, ROMSPACE

Romania

Vladimir REMEK

Franz VIEHBOCK

Astronaut and CEO, Berndorf AG

Austria

Pavel VINOGRADOV

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

Russia

We very much look forward to welcoming everybody to GLEX 2021 in St. Petersburg!