Hermaszewski conducted science aboard the Soviet Union's Salyut 6 space station.
). After docking with the single-module Salyut station, Hermaszewski and Klimuk joined Vladimir Kovalyonok and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov on board the outpost.
Miroslaw"Mirek" Hermaszewski was born on Sept. 15, 1941, in Lipniki, formerly of Poland but at the time and now located in Ukraine. He earned his pilot's license in 1961 and began his studies to become a fighter pilot at the"School of Eaglets" in Dęblin, Poland. Graduating at the top of his class, Hermaszewski was assigned to an air defense regiment in Poznań and continued his training to fly the MiG-15 jet fighter.
Mirosław Hermaszewski uses a map while performing observations of Earth aboard the Salyut 6 space station in 1978.
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