cosmonauts

The Soviet Union got closer to reaching the Moon than we ever suspected

The United States won the Space Race decisively when Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, but nobody ever really knew just how close the Soviet Union got to putting cosmonauts on the lunar surface. Now, forty years later, researcher Charles Vick says the Soviets really could have reached the Moon by…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 6

What Is This?

I will give you some tips: There are two, and one of them is for the ladies. The one on the left is the first prototype of a toilet for female cosmonauts. It was flown for the first time in the Vostok 6 spacecraft, where it was used by the first woman in space, the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 12

Fake Cosmonauts Embark On Fake 520-Day Trip to Mars

A new study testing the psychological effects of a 520-day trip to Mars began today. In other words, 6 poor suckers have been locked in a room and they can’t come out for 18 months. [BBC]

Space & Spaceflight Mark Wilson Jun 3

Meet the (Pretend) Cosmonauts (Actually) Living In a Capsule For 500 Days

Later this year, these two (pretend) cosmonauts, along with four other as-of-yet-unnamed crew members, will embark on an historic, 500 day (pretend) mission to Mars, evaluating man’s ability to cope with the taxing journey to the Red Planet. In October, the European Space Agency put out the call for Russian-speaking volunteers who were interested in…

Space & Spaceflight Kyle VanHemert May 11

Jewish Cosmonauts Take To The Hazy Skies

Inspired by Soviet-era technology and Jewish symbols, Derek Stenning has created a series of paintings in which retro-outfitted cosmonauts travel the skies of an industrial future. Stenning explains the unusual name for his series, Entartete Kunst Entartete Kunst is german for “Degenerate Art”, and was a term developed by Nazi theorists to describe most modern…

io9 Lauren Davis May 1

Volunteer and Participate in Yuri’s Night!

Every year the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA, plays host to a Yuri’s Night festival, which celebrates the journey of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. This year’s event, April 9-10, still needs volunteers! April 9 will be a special free day for educators and students, so if you want…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 16

Richard Garriott Arrives at ISS, Reportedly Ready to Fix the Toilet

The Soyuz TMA-13, carrying computer game rich guy, son of an astronaut, and current space tourist Richard Garriott has successfully docked with the International Space Station as of 8:26 GMT (3:26 EST). The three-man crew just finished floating around in orbit for a few days, and are now commencing their scheduled missions. For the two…

Space & Spaceflight John Herrman Oct 14

Richard Garriott Reaches Orbit, Can Finally Act Out Plot of Tabula Rasa

Computer game millionaire Richard Garriott is now in orbit. At about 3 a.m., the current luckiest geek in the world blasted off in a Soyuz TMA-13 capsule alongside U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov. The three will circle the Earth a few times before docking with the International Space Station on Tuesday.…

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus Oct 12

A Look Inside Russia’s Star City, Where Cosmonauts Are Made

Wired has a great feature on Richard Garriott, the father of MMORPG OG Ultima and the latest millionaire to get blasted up to the ISS as a paying tourist. More specifically, the grueling 8 months of training Garriott must first endure at Zvyozdny Gorodok, (Star City), a.k.a. Yuri’s house, a.k.a. where space flight was born.…

Space & Spaceflight John Mahoney Aug 20

The Soviet Union got closer to reaching the Moon than we ever suspected

What Is This?

Fake Cosmonauts Embark On Fake 520-Day Trip to Mars

Meet the (Pretend) Cosmonauts (Actually) Living In a Capsule For 500 Days

Jewish Cosmonauts Take To The Hazy Skies

Volunteer and Participate in Yuri’s Night!

Richard Garriott Arrives at ISS, Reportedly Ready to Fix the Toilet

Richard Garriott Reaches Orbit, Can Finally Act Out Plot of Tabula Rasa

A Look Inside Russia’s Star City, Where Cosmonauts Are Made

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