Igor Borisovich Afanasyev (born November 15, 1962, Gorky ) is a Russian journalist specializing in astronautics . Member of the Union of Journalists of Russia.
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| Date of Birth | November 15, 1962 (56 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Nizhny Novgorod , RSFSR , USSR |
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Awards and prizes | Literary Prize named after Alexander Belyaev (2007) |
Biography
A graduate of MVTU named after N. E. Bauman , specialty "Equipment and technologies for heat treatment of metals and alloys." He worked in the aviation and rocket and space industry.
Since 1998 - editor of the Publishing House and the journal " Cosmonautics News ".
He is the author of more than a thousand publications in Cosmonautics News and more than a hundred (including co-authorship) in the magazines Wings of the Motherland , Aircraft , Aviation and Cosmonautics , Technique - Youth , Popular Mechanics , Around light ", " Rise " , etc.
The author of the brochure "Unknown ships" (1991), books: "R-12. Sandalwood ”(1998) and“ Domestic Manned Space Landings ”(2017). Co-author of the books “World Manned Cosmonautics” (2005), “The Big Space Club” (2007; translated into Korean - 2011), “Cosmic Wings” (2009), “Cosmonautics of the 21st Century” (2010; translated into Chinese - 2014), “We are the first” (2011), “Return from Space” (2012), “Evgeny Yudin - how we remember him ...” (2013), “Golden Age of Cosmonautics” (2015), “Motor Design Bureau” “55 years” (2016); editor-compiler of the book “Vasily Pavlovich Mishin. Notes rocketeer. Memories, diaries, interviews ”(2017).
Rewards
- Winner of the 2007 Belyaev Literary Prize in the nomination "For the best original educational book of the year in Russian" for the book "The Big Space Club" (together with Alexander Lavrenov ).
- Multiple winner of the Zarya competitions in the nominations for “The Best Media Journalist in the Field of Cosmonautics”.