Primul român în cosmos/ 60 de ani de la zborul primului om în cosmos, 40 de ani de la primul zbor al unui român în spaţiul cosmic.
The First Romanian in Space/ 60 years from the first man in the cosmos, 40 years from the first Romanian in space.

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the background of the first and only flight in the cosmos of a Romanian pilot, Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu. On May 14, 1981, a Soviet-Romanian team embarked on a scientific expedition in the cosmos. The event was celebrated on its 40th anniversary in a scientific session organized by the Romanian Academy.The article consists of the recollections of pilot Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu, the first and the only Romanian cosmonaut, on the preparations of the spaceflight on May 14, 1981, which he took with the Soviet pilot Leonid Popov, his remarks on how the Earth is seen from space, the scientific experiments undertook during the expedition.

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