Vladimír Remek

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Vladimír Remek
Vladimír Remek
Intercosmos Cosmonaut
 Nationality Czech
 Born September 26, 1948
České Budějovice
 Occupation1 Pilot
 Rank Colonel, Czech Air Force
 Space time 7d 22h 17m
 Selection Air Force Group 6
 Mission(s) Soyuz 28
Mission insignia
 1 previous or current

Vladimír Remek (born 26 September 1948) was the first Czech in space, and the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, for seven days, 22 hours, and 17 minutes. In later life he became a politician and now sits in the European Parliament.

Remek was born in České Budějovice. He graduated from the Air Force Academy and worked as an Air Force pilot. He joined the Intercosmos program as an Army pilot in 1976.

Vladimír Remek was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on March 16, 1978 [1]Later, he became director of the Museum for Aviation and Astronautics in Prague, then representative for the company Che-Zet in Moscow. He later worked at the Czech embassy in Russia.

He is now a Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, which is part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the European Parliament. He is married and has one child.

The asteroid 2552 Remek is named for him.

[edit] Reference

  1. ^ (Russian)Biography at the website on Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia

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