In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine (www.ato.ru). In the past he was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for the Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.
Maxim has a degree on international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia, and for several years worked at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
A software glitch caused the newly arrived Russian Nauka module to inadvertently fire its thrusters after docking with the International Space Station July 29 and change the orbital outpost’s orientation.
