Sergey Kud-Sverchkov: Cooperation Is the Future

09:02, March 5, 2022

The Russian cosmonaut met with university students

Yesterday the flag of the Ural Federal University that has been to the International Space Station and Antarctica joined the exposition of the university museum and exhibition complex. Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, who was one of the participants of the meteorite expedition of Ural Federal University, met with the students.

"I am sure that the comprehensive cooperation between Roscosmos State Corporation and scientists at Ural Federal University will give students the opportunity to take part in real space experiments," Kud-Sverchkov said during a meeting with Ural Federal University Rector Victor Koksharov that preceded the meeting with the students.

Both technical and humanities students were interested in the life of the inhabitants of the International Space Station (ISS) and the Russian Antarctic Expedition (RAE), where the Ural Federal University meteorological team worked, as well as aspects of scientific interaction and experiments performed in orbit.

Reference

Sergey Kud-Sverchkov is the 124th cosmonaut of the Russian Federation. The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with Kud-Sverchkov on board docked to the International Space Station in 3 hours and 3 minutes, a record unsurpassed. The cosmonaut spent 185 days in orbit around the Earth, in November 2020 he performed a spacewalk lasting 6 hours and 47 minutes.

In November, as a member of the Ural Federal University meteorite search team, Sergey took part in the Russian Antarctic Expedition. In addition to scientists and experienced climbers Aleksandr Pastukhovich, Vitaly Lozo, and Ruslan Kolunin, the team also included Vice-Rector Danis Nurgaliev and entrepreneur Andrey Nazarov. The aim of the expedition was to collect samples of meteoritic matter, which is well preserved in the ice.

The discovery of scientists - a meteorite fragment, the cosmic origin of which was established in the field, will now be carefully studied at the university laboratory under the direction of renowned professor of Ural Federal University Victor Grokhovsky.

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office
info.international@urfu.ru, +7 (343) 375-45-19