michael najjar completes first phase of cosmonaut training
michael najjar has successfully completed his cosmonaut training program at the yuri gagarin training center (gctc) in star city. his first training phase included two major milestones: weightlessness in a spacewalk simulation with the heavy Orlan-M spacesuit in the gigantic water tank of the hydrolab, and an edge of space flight with the famous russian jetfighter mig-29 where he was catapulted with supersonic speed into the stratosphere reaching a height of 19,500 meters.
whilst completing his training michael also managed to shoot new material for his "outer space" series.
he was accompanied at star city by the renowned international photographer thomas rusch who made a photo and video documentary of the artist in training.
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strategic planning, logistics and organization of michael´s mission was realized by space expert andreas p. bergweiler from pro toura / space affairs.
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