The first Soviet cosmonauts to celebrate the new year 1978 in space were Yuri Romanenko and Georgy Grechko at the Salyut-6 station.
The most cheerful earthly holiday in 40 years of manned cosmonautics was met in orbit by 31 cosmonauts and 26 astronauts.
Earthlings can only dream of celebrating the most earthly holiday outside the Earth, crossing one time zone after another, congratulating continents and countries 16 times during the day.
Interview: Elena Serova, Yuri Lonchakov, Yuri Onufrienko, Oleg Novitsky, the family of cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev.
Personnel:
Serova E.O. - pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation, public and political figure. Samokutyaev A.N. -- pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation, public and political figure. Shkaplerov A.N. -- pilot-cosmonaut, test cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation, Candidate of Technical Sciences. Lonchakov Yu.V. -- Doctor of Technical Sciences, pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation. Grechko G.M. - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Romanenko Yu.V. -- pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Krikalev S.K. is an aviation athlete, cosmonaut, development engineer, candidate of Psychological Sciences, academician of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K.E.Tsiolkovsky. S.L. Williams is a commander of the US Navy, test pilot, diver, NASA astronaut. Tyurin M.V. - pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation, photographer. Onufrienko Yu.I. -- pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation. Novitsky O.V. -- pilot-cosmonaut, test cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation.
Calendar: 12.27.2014