Within a week before the semicentenary of the first human space flight Zelenograd celebrated the event with the large-scale workshop conference.

In the morning the first deputy prefect A.Mikhalchenkov and heads of Zelenograd enterprises directly connected with the space technology paid the tribute to the memory of G.Guskov, important person of electronics, former head of ELAS scientific development and production center by laying flowers to his memorial tablet.

In the afternoon the conference devoted to the semicentenary of the space flight by Yu. Gagarin was held in the prefecture. Zelenograd prefect A. Smirnov, former head of rocket-and-space sector and defensce industry O. Baklanov, space pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union A. Artsebarskiy, the first director and organizer of astronauts rescue service, chairman of Astronautics Support Public Charity Foundation I. Davydov and heads of Zelenograd enterprises directly connected with the space technology (V. Filatov, A. Baklanov, V. Sirenko etc.) took part in the conference.

Within the framework of the conference the honouring of Best Science and Technology Young Professional competition winners was also held.

The conference online translation was organized at the prefecture website. The file can be found on Science and Industry page.