Answer the following questions: 1) Who is the first Cuban cosmonaut? By being part of the Soyuz 38 mission in 1980, Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez achieved all these firsts, inscribing his name in space history forever. Interkosmos programme During the time Mendez was making his way up the Cuban Air Force, the Soviet Union had designed and formed the …
The genius behind early Russian space tech Sovfoto/Getty Images The Soviet Union did not have many of the same technological advances enjoyed by Nasa – but that didn’t stop them leaping ahead of the Americans into space. “The American aircraft industry had transitioned from vacuum tubes to transistors, but the Soviets were still using vacuum tubes in their spacecraft up …
CNN — Cosmonaut yuri gagarin during last minute checks of vostok i control systems before launch, 1961. In his inaugural address in January, he made an overture to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, inviting the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to join the United States in “exploring the stars.” Khrushchev’s answer came 60 years ago, on April 12, 1961, when Soviet …
