WATCH: The first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, shouted, “Hey, sky, take off your hat; I’m on my way!” Tereshkova’s flight lasted nearly 71 hours. (Soviet Space Pro ...
On March 18, 1965, the Soviet spacecraft Voshkod-2 launched with two cosmonauts on board, Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev. They had the important mission of accomplishing mankind’s first spacewalk ...
During the height of the Space Race, rumors spread that Soviet cosmonauts had died in secret missions before Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight. Italian radio enthusiasts claimed to have intercepted ...
In 1965, when two cosmonauts landed back on Earth in the snow-covered forest of Russia's Urals region, they feared their simple pistols wouldn't be enough to fight off the giant bears or hungry packs ...