Happy birthday, Mr Remek!
#HappyBirthday to Czech cosmonaut Vladimír Remek (26 September 1948), the first person in space who was not from the Soviet Union or the United States, and the first Czech citizen in space. On 2 March 1978, Remek was launched on Soyuz 28 as a research cosmonaut along with Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Gubarev. The pair docked with the Salyut 6 space station, where the cosmonauts conducted scientific research and experiments. After nearly eight days in space, Remek and Gubarev returned to Earth on 10 March.