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First Investment book sent into space: Investment Atlas II by Kenneth Winans sets world record

Mar 28, 2021

First Investment book sent into space: Investment Atlas II by Ken Winans sets world record

The International Space Station, low Earth Orbit--A digital copy of Kenneth Winans' book, “Investment Atlas II”, was sent up to the International Space Station for the enjoyment of the crew; on their return to Earth, the ISS-60 Commander, Alexy Ovchinin emailed a thank you confirmation message to the author, thus confirming the new world record for the First investment book sent into space, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

"A friend of mine arranged to get a digital copy of my book, “Investment Atlas II” sent up to the International Space Station for the enjoyment of the crew, says Ken Winans, author and President & Chief Investment Officer at Winans Investments.

"As a thank you, ISS-60 Commander, Alexy Ovchinin emailed me this thank you message. On his return to earth he arranged for me to get the page he wrote the message on."

Kenneth Grant Winans, President, Founder & Chief Investment Officer of Winans Investments, a capital management & research firm and a successful investment management entrepreneur, renowned author, and an active philanthropist, has won 45 honors in international competitions, with his four investment history books which have won 45 honors in international competitions, thus setting the new world record for the Most Awards Won in Major Book Competitions for a non-fiction Author.

Ken Winans is the co-founder and president of the Space Station Museum in Novato, CA and serves as a trustee for several other nonprofit organizations.

As one of today’s most astute financial historians, his four investment books ("Preferreds", "Preferred Stocks", "Investment Atlas" and "Investment Atlas II") have won 45 top honors in international competitions and has been recognized as the most decorated finance/business author with few World Records from the World Record Academy.

The International Space Station (ISS) is a modular space station (habitable artificial satellite) in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).

Expedition 60 was the 60th Expedition to the International Space Station, which began on 24 June 2019 with the undocking of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft.

The expedition was commanded by Aleksey Ovchinin, who transferred from Expedition 59 together with American flight engineers Nick Hague and Christina Koch. They were joined by Aleksandr Skvortsov, Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan, who arrived on Soyuz MS-13 on 20 July 2019.

The expedition ended on 3 October 2019, when Soyuz MS-12 (carrying Ovchinin, Hague, and spaceflight participant Hazza Al Mansouri) undocked from the station and Koch, Skvortsov, Parmitano and Morgan transferred to Expedition 61.