Photo Report: Cosmonautics Day Ceremonies at Baikonur

A solemn ceremony of opening the memorial plaque attached
to the house, in which the academician V.P. Mishin, the
first Deputy Chief Designer of OKB-1 after S.P. Korolev,
the Chief Designer of TsKBEM (1966 through 1974) had lived
during 1951 through 1955, was held.
The ceremony was attended by the managers and representatives
from the team of RSC Energia (OKB-1, TsKBEM during 1946
through 1974), the public of Korolev, the Corporation’s
veterans, the relatives of Vasiliy Pavlovich Mishin. The
academician’s associates, pilot-cosmonauts, representatives
from the Administration of Korolev, his relatives addressed
briefly the meeting. The ceremony concluded with laying
the flowers at the memorial plaque.

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