Dossier
Sergei Zalyotin
Coverage of Sergei Zalyotin in the Nexus archive.
- “Vodka did not go down well in space.”
Rookie cosmonaut Sergei Zalyotin assessed the future viability of Russia’s aging space station Mir by spending two months aboard conducting critical repairs. The crew occasionally consumed cognac after a long week of work, though the title references vodka not being suitable in space.