Mirosław Hermaszewski (born September 15, 1942) was the first citizen of Poland to make a spaceflight onboard the Soyuz 30 spacecraft. Download high resolution version (620x857, 63 KB)Miroslaw Hermaszewski, Polish cosmonaut. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Volhynian Voivodship (województwo wołyńskie) was one of the 16 voivodships of Poland prior to 1939 in Second Polish Republic and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. ... A diacritical mark or accent mark is an additional mark added to a basic letter. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Crew Pyotr Klimuk (3) Miroslaw Hermaszewski - Poland (1) Mission Parameters Mass: 6800 kg Perigee: 197. ...

Mirosław Hermaszewski was born in Lipniki, Wolynian Voivodship. In 1965 he graduated from the military pilot school in Dęblin. In 1978 he was chosen from almost 500 Polish pilots to take part in the Intercosmos space program. Together with Pyotr Klimuk he spent almost eight days onboard the Salyut space station (from 17:27, June 27, 1978 'til 16:31, July 5). During their time in orbit, they carried out experiments on geoscience and photographed the Earth's surface. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Dęblin is a town, population 19,000, on the Wieprz River, in Lublin Voivodship, Poland. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Intercosmos program was a program by the Soviet Union to make the fellow Socialist nations participate in space exploration. ... Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Belarusian: Пётр Ільі́ч Кліму́к; Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Климу́к; born July 10, 1942 in Komarovka, USSR (now in Belarus)) was a Soviet cosmonaut who made three flights into space. ... The Salyut (Russian: Салют, Salute or Firework) program was a series of space stations launched by the Soviet Union in the 1970s. ... A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to live on in outer space. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... From Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum attempt). ... Earth science (also known as geoscience or the geosciences), is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. ...

They landed 300 km west of Tselinograd. Astana, estimated population 500,000 (2003, the city is very fast-growing), has been the capital of Kazakhstan since 1997. ...

During the martial law in Poland Hermaszewski was a member of the Military Council of National Salvation (Wojskowa Rada Ocalenia Narodowego, WRON), a military quasi-government. After that he was a commander of the Fighter Pilots School in Dęblin. In 1988 he was promoted to general. The people of Poland took pride in their long history, filled with the struggle to get, keep, and regain freedom—the main value for Poles. ... Military Council of National Salvation (Wojskowa Rada Ocalenia Narodowego) was a Military dictatorship quasi-government administering Poland during the martial law (1981-1983). ... Dęblin is a town, population 19,000, on the Wieprz River, in Lublin Voivodship, Poland. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ...

Between 1991 and 1992 Hermaszewski served as a second-in-command of the Headquarters of the Airforce. He is currently retired. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mirosław Hermaszewski enjoys science fiction novels, hunting, sailing and various other sports. He is married to Emilia Hermaszewska and has two children, Miroslaw (born 1966) and Emilia (born 1974). Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Hunting is, in its most general sense, the pursuit of a target. ... Wooden sailing boat Sailing is motion across a body of water in a sailing ship, or smaller boat, powered by wind. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

External link

• www.hermaszewski.pl
• Circumstances of space travel of the first Pole in a documentary by Maciej Odolinski (http://www.dqfilms.com/hermaszewski_eng.html)