Robert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE.com, an online publication and community devoted to space history with a particular focus on how and where space exploration intersects with pop culture. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of 'Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space” published by Smithsonian Books in 2018. He previously developed online content for the National Space Society and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, helped establish the space tourism company Space Adventures and currently serves on the History Committee of the American Astronautical Society, the advisory committee for The Mars Generation and leadership board of For All Moonkind. In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2021, he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History.
included the first test of a"space motorcycle" and first launch after the fall of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 76.in a statement released on Thursday .
TM-3 flight marked the first time a Mir crew launched on board one spacecraft and landed on another, with Viktorenko, Faris and Alexander Laveykin returning to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-2., Viktorenko commanded Soyuz TM-8 and the fifth expedition to Mir.
The mission included Viktorenko's sixth and last spacewalk. For two hours and three minutes, he and Kaleri worked on repairing Mir's stabilizing gyroscope so the space station could maintain its attitude. They also testedOn his fourth and final spaceflight, which began on Oct.
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