Russian Cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko has criticized as ‘indefensible’ this week’s removal of the name of the first human in space, legendary cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, from the title of a US space industry conference’s fundraiser. The erasure comes amid the global clampdown on all things Russian as the conflict in Ukraine …
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Legendary cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin has been caught up in the global push to punish all things Russian amid the Ukraine crisis, despite having died more than half a century ago. A major US space industry conference has censored Gagarin’s name, essentially canceling the first human to travel into outer space. …
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“You can see it now from the International Space Station,” the cosmonaut wrote on Instagram, adding that the images show how small tugboats were trying to move the giant vessel. Посмотреть эту публикацию в Instagram Публикация от Sergey Kud-Sverchkov (@kudsverchkov) The snapshots give a good look at how the 400-meter-long …
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“It’s breathtaking, isn’t it?” wrote Sergey Kud-Sverchkov on his VK page above a short video of the spacewalk. The four-minute clip shows Kud-Sverchkov and ISS-64 Expedition Commander Sergey Ryzhikov working on dismantling parts of the ‘Pirs’ (Pier) module during a November 18 spacewalk that took 6 hours and 47 minutes. This …
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Hero of the Russian Federation cosmonaut Gennady Padalka transferred the causes of stagnation in the Russian space industry, writes RIA “Novosti”. From the point of view Padalka, who in total spent in space record in the world 878 days for five flights, the industry has passed during the last twenty …
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New post Yuri Malenchenko involves access to confidential information The security service of the Roscosmos had not approved the post of first Deputy head of the cosmonaut training Center (TSPK) cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko because of American wife, RIA Novosti reported, citing three sources in the space industry. An American citizen …
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Dead cosmonaut Victor Gorbatko.Cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko has died in Moscow at the age of 82 years. “The last time he felt bad and the last two weeks was in the hospital Mandryka, where he died today in intensive care,” — said the source. His first space flight Gorbatko made in …
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Georgy Grechko made three flights into space.Tonight on 86-m to year of life has died the pilot-cosmonaut of USSR, twice hero of the Soviet Union Georgy Grechko. This was reported on the website of the journal Novosti kosmonavtiki. Georgy Grechko was born in Leningrad in 1931. He participated in the …
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Social networks like cat astronaut IT-a banker from Ukraine.A former top Manager of PrivatBank Dmitry Dubilet on his page on Facebook showed a special backpack, which carries the cat. Users of the social network in comments scattered in rave reviews and requests to tell where to buy such a carrier. …
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Dream of going to space did not leave mankind for centuries. April 12, 1961, she was destined to be fulfilled, Yuri Gagarin made the first flight. After successful flights of Soviet cosmonauts, Sergey Korolev had the idea to launch a woman into space-cosmonaut. It was Valentina Tereshkova. Today, on the …
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