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Cosmonaut Georgi Ivanov calls for stoicism and self-discipline during the social isolation

Bulgaria's first cosmonaut Georgi Ivanov

On Occasion of the International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics marked on April 12, Bulgaria’s first cosmonaut Georgi Ivanov called for stoicism, self-discipline and optimism during the days of social isolation. Many cosmonauts worked for six months and some of them even spent more than one year on the International Space Station over the past 59 years since Yuri Gagarin’s first travel into outer space, Georgi Ivanov said and sent his warm greetings to all pilots and cosmonauts working across the globe in the difficult times of social isolation.





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