Aleksandr Serebrov is remembered in technology for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Aleksandr Serebrov as Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1944–2013).
Aleksandr Serebrov was born at Moscow in 1944. His recorded nationality is the Soviet Union. He was educated at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
He worked as astronaut, military flight engineer and aircraft pilot.
His affiliations include Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
His name is attached above all to playing Tetris on a Game Boy in the spacecraft, making it the first time a video game has ever been played in space. Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His recorded fields of work are astronautics, spacecraft and spaceflight.
Recognition followed: Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Working from the Soviet Union shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Aleksandr Serebrov died in 2013, aged 69. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Affiliated with Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- Educated at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- Worked as astronaut, military flight engineer and aircraft pilot
