#soviet space program

[ink-the-artist]

Bon Voyage

#''We kissed her nose and wished her bon voyage‚ knowing that she would not survive the flight.'' #laika #laika the space dog #soviet space program #the background is heavily inspired by hubble photographs #particularly the older ones #art #illustration #colored pencil #april 14 1958 laika disintegrated upon re-entering the earths atmosphere

[sovietpostcards]

Today is the 59th anniversary of Aleksei Leonov's historic first-ever space walk. He performed it on March 18, 1965.

#i bow to people not scared to touch the unknown #space #cosmonauts #soviet #russia #ussr #1960s #soviet space program

[spit8]

little star

#laika #oooh... laika #laika the space dog #soviet space program #traditional art #my art

[lonestarflight]

"Dr. George M. Low, acting administrator of NASA, presented to the USSR on January 21, 1971, a plaque in memory of Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin who made the first flight into space on April 12, 1961. Accepting the plaque at the Moscow ceremony was Soviet Gen. Kuznetsov, commander of the USSR's Star City space base, where cosmonauts have been training since 1960. Gagarin, who made history with his 1 hour and 48 minute flight, lost his life in a training accident on March 27, 1968."

Date: January 21, 1971

NASA ID: S70-56914

#Yuri Gagarin #memorial #Soviet Space Program #NASA #January #1971 #my post

[histonics]

#vostok #vostok 6 #ussr #soviet era #soviet union #soviet space program #soviet #russia #russian #space age

[pavelbelyayev]

"Why is it that cosmonauts always have girls (daughters)?"

"Maybe because girls are cool."

Most of the pioneering cosmonauts were parents of girls, so here are the proud dads (and mom) and their girls! Happy International Women's Day! 👩🏻‍🚀💐💫

#op #photos #international women's day #soviet space program #cosmonauts #yuri gagarin #pavlo popovych #alexei leonov #andriyan nikolaev #valentina tereshkova #pavel belyayev #vladimir komarov #gherman titov #back on earth

[gorrus]

#space #soviet era #soviet union #soviet space program

[missionspecialist]

Illustration from РАДИО (Radio) magazine, 1962 issue no 8. The text says something like “space repeaters,” I think in relation to radio relays. The orbiting object resembles Sputnik-3, launched in 1958. The specific radio tower by Moscow on the map is the Shukhov tower.

#I just found out about this RADIO magazine and let me tell you the illustrations in it from the 50s and 60s slap #soviet union #Soviet Space Program #ussr #satellite #sputnik 3 #illustration

[victusinveritas]

- Dog star, burning through a vast black sky -

In memory of Laika: a greater friend to mankind than mankind was to her.

By Jenna Barton

#art #laika #soviet space program #dogs with jobs #jenna barton

[cassandra-leuco]

"Sunrise" Alexei Leonov (1965)

The first artwork made off earth, during the same mission as Leonov's historic space walk.

#soviet space program #space #alexei leonov

[sovietpostcards]

Women looking at posters celebrating Yuri Gagarin's space flight. Photo by Marc Riboud (Moscow, April 1961).

#yuri gagarin #cosmonauts #soviet space program #1960s #russia #ussr #soviet

[spit8]

#my art #laika #space dog #soviet space dogs #kudryavka #soviet space program

[lonestarflight]

Saturn Apollo Program

"This artist's concept depicts the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), the first international docking of the U.S.'s Apollo spacecraft and the U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz spacecraft in space. The objective of the ASTP mission was to provide the basis for a standardized international system for docking of marned spacecraft. The Soyuz spacecraft, with Cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov aboard, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in the Kazakh, Soviet Socialist Republic, at 8:20 a.m. (EDT) on July 15, 1975. The Apollo spacecraft, with Astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand, and Donald Slayton aboard, was launched from Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 3:50 p.m. (EDT) on July 15, 1975. The Primary objectives of the ASTP were achieved. They performed spacecraft rendezvous, docking and undocking, conducted intervehicular crew transfer, and demonstrated the interaction of U.S. and U.S.S.R. control centers and spacecraft crews. The mission marked the last use of a Saturn launch vehicle. The Marshall Space Flight Center was responsible for development and sustaining engineering of the Saturn IB launch vehicle during the mission."

Date: 1974

NASA ID: 9401759

#Apollo–Soyuz #Apollo Soyuz Test Project #ASTP #Apollo CSM Block II #CSM-111 #Docking Module #Rocket #Apollo Program #Apollo Application Program #Soyuz 19 #Soyuz 7K-TM #No.75 #Soyuz-U #Soviet Space Program #artwork #July #1975 #my post

[histonics]

#buran #ussr #soviet era #end of the soviet union #soviet union #cosmonaut #soviet space program #energia #space shuttle

[the-technicolor-whiscash]

Today, April 12th, marks the anniversary of the first human spaceflight and the first human orbital flight! Vostok 1, carrying cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, took off on April 12th, 1961.

Gagarin was one of two premier Russian cosmonauts alongside Gherman Titov who were in the running to be the first man in space as part of Russia’s Vostok program, directly competing with the US’s Mercury program. The Vostok program was kept extremely secretive, with many flights and accomplishments not being announced until post-flight. Vostok 1, however, was announced during the flight as a measure of safety in case Gagarin should need rescuing.

Gagarin orbited the earth once in his almost two-hour flight, marking two incredible accomplishments in human spaceflight: the first human in space and the first human to orbit the earth. Vostok 1 proved that humans could not only survive in space but survive the dangers of liftoff and reentry, and that vehicles could be engineered to support human passengers for spaceflight.

His flight made him a national hero in Russia and an international celebrity, and he toured not just throughout Russia but in countries across Europe and South America. Tragically, Gagarin’s life was cut short in a plane crash just 7 years after his historic flight.

Vostok 1 was a huge victory for the Russian space program, pushing them leagues ahead in the space race over the US, who would not launch a man to space until May 5th, and not launch a man to orbit until February of 1962. Russia’s space program has remained a prominent superpower in the space industry, with Russia being a primary player in sending crew and supplies to the International Space Station on their Soyuz rockets.

#the whiscash administration #space program #space #yuri gagarin #soviet space program

[pavelbelyayev]

Day at the Seattle Museum of Flight 🚀🛩️

#also here's what i look like lmao #standing proudly in front of a jet engine that could easily shred me to pieces #(thankfully was inactive and only for display) #mod's face #photos #soviet space program #vostok 1 #sputnik #soyuz #yuri gagarin