Spacemen Touch Down
September 17, 2007
AROUND 100 astronauts and cosmonauts are touching down in Scotland today.
The 20th Annual Planetary Congress takes place in Edinburgh this week and features dozens of space explorers and experts from across the world.
It is the first time Britain has hosted the congress and guests include Alexei Leonov, the first man to walk in space in 1965.
Leonov was also the Soviet Union’s chief cosmonaut between 1976 and 1982.
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