Education
In 1972 he graduated from the Department of Space Studies Aerophysics and MIPT.
In 1972 he graduated from the Department of Space Studies Aerophysics and MIPT.
He is currently serving as director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI) since 2002. Since 1972 he has been working in the Space Research Institute. On January 2012 following the reentry of the Fobos-Grunt spacecraft, Zeleny proposed a repeat mission called Fobos-Grunt 2, on behalf of mission scientist Alexander Zakharov.
However, with Roscosmos reaching an agreement with European Space Agency in March 2012 to participate in the ExoMars programme, the agency opted instead to concentrate its efforts on that programme.
Roskosmos has not ruled out future missions to Phobos, however their resources are currently focussed on Exomars and the Luna-Glob mission to the Moon.
Russian Academy of Sciences.