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Russian Cosmonautics Week Held in New Delhi

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Russian Cosmonautics Week Held in New Delhi


16.04.2013

To mark the 50th anniversary of the space mission by the world’s first woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, ‘Russian Cosmonautics Week,’ was held in New Delhi, RIR reports. The festivities included a colourful function, comprising of dance and painting contests at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) on April 12, the Cosmonaut’s Day.

Throughout the week, the RCSC, Nehru Planetarium and a few Delhi schools held lecture-cum-presentations, film screenings and photo exhibitions on Valentina Tereshkova and achievements of Russian space industry.

On April 12, school children participated in the ‘Dance Fantasy,’ a dancing competition and ‘Space Guest,’ a painting competition. Through the dance and painting contests, the school children expressed their intense interest in the heroic space odyssey undertaken by the Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and demonstrated their perception on the enormous potential of space science and intrinsic features of cosmic phenomenon.

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