cosmonaut
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This Photo Of A Russian Cosmonaut Looks Like A Renaissance Painting
This photo of Cosmonaut Elena Serova taken by NASA’s Bill Ingalls on March 12th 2015 is a wonderful example of the so called Accidental Renaissance.
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The First Man To Walk In Space Almost Got Stuck Out There
Today I found out that the first man to walk in space almost got stuck out there. That lucky individual was Alexei Leonov, who was born in the Soviet Union on May 30, 1934. He was one of the 20 Soviet Air Force Pilots to be chosen for the first cosmonaut group.
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The Tragic Story Of A Russian Cosmonaut Who Was Sent Into Space Knowing He Would Die
Vladimir Komarov, a cosmonaut, knew he was going to die when he left Earth for space on the Soyuz 1. His friend Yuri Gagarin, the first human to reach outer space, knew Komarov would too. But Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union, wanted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Communist Revolution with a…