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Enlarge / Russia’s newest class of cosmonauts is all male. (credit: Roscosmos) The Russian space program gets a lot of credit for flying the first woman in space. In fact, the Soviet Union flew the first two women: Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. NASA waited until the space shuttle era before […]
Aleksey Leonov, the first person to ever step into the void of space back in 1975, shares his unique perspective with RT while reliving the experience in Virtual Reality (VR) thanks to 360-degree technology and the current crew of the ISS. “A spacewalk. It’s the most difficult, and dangerous, activity for a human. Your body’s […]
November 3 marks the 60th anniversary of Soviet space-dog Laika blasting off in Sputnik 2 to become the first Earth-born creature to orbit our planet. Though it goes without saying Laika wasn’t aware of her self-sacrifice for the greater cause of human space exploration, she became a global phenomenon. “Laika’s portrait was published on the […]
Published time: 2 Sep, 2017 02:26 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy has shared stunning time-lapse footage of the polar lights (Aurora Borealis) as well as other stunning photos of our planet’s landmarks captured from the International Space Station (ISS). The video shot by Ryazanskiy, a member of the 52/53 ISS expedition, was shared by Russia’s space […]
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, who holds the world record for cumulative days in space, has announced his voluntary resignation from the Russian cosmonaut corps. 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 […]
