Posts Tagged ‘cosmonaut’

Russian Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov Who Broke Record With 437-Day Stay In Space Dies At 80

Dr. Valery Polyakov, a physician-turned-cosmonaut who spent 437 days in outer space and set the world record, died at 80. Russian space agency Roscosmos announced his death on Monday without disclosing the cause or location. “His research helped prove that the human body is ready for flights not only to near-Earth orbit, but also to […]

Russian Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov Who Broke Record With 437-Day Stay In Space Dies At 80

Dr. Valery Polyakov, a physician-turned-cosmonaut who spent 437 days in outer space and set the world record, died at 80. Russian space agency Roscosmos announced his death on Monday without disclosing the cause or location. “His research helped prove that the human body is ready for flights not only to near-Earth orbit, but also to […]

Volunteers build path to historic site of cosmonaut landing in Russian forest

Volunteers have built a walkway leading to a special place in the history of spaceflight – the middle of a forest. The trail, deep in the remote Perm region of Russia, will take visitors to the site where 55 years ago two cosmonauts crash-landed after their spacecraft malfunctioned. After completing the first spacewalk in history, […]

Russian Cosmonaut Already Lives In The FUTURE – Proving Time Travel IS Possible

One way to achieve time travel into the future would be travelling at the speed of light in space, as first theorised by Albert Einstein. Indeed Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev technically lives in the future due to his extended period on the International Space Station. After spending almost 804 days in space arrived back in Earth […]

Alien life? Bacteria ‘that had not been there’ found on ISS hull, Russian cosmonaut says

Shkaplerov, an ISS expedition flight engineer who will take his third trip to the ISS in December as part of the Expedition 54 crew, said that scientists found living bacteria while they were taking samples from the surface of the station. Speaking to TASS, he said that the microorganisms might have come from outer space. […]

1st ever spacewalk relived by Russian cosmonaut in epic 360 VR (VIDEO)

“A spacewalk. It’s the most difficult, and dangerous, activity for a human. Your body’s under constant pressure. If anything happens, you can’t just run away,” Leonov, now 83, explains to RT, accompanied by his American colleague from the first spacewalk, Thomas Stafford, 87. “41 years ago, he told me, ‘I’m happy to see you in […]

Record-holding Russian cosmonaut to retire from Roscosmos space agency (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Padalka, 58, has already applied for step down and is expected to leave Russian Space Agency Roscosmos cosmonaut corps by April 28. The Cosmonauts’ Training Center (CTC) already confirmed receiving his application and said that it will be processed by an inter-departmental committee. Padalka himself explained his decision by the fact that he has only […]

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