#space explorers

A young Yuri Gagarin

Also, a happy 75th birthday to cosmonaut/flight engineer Alexander Serebrov. He held the record for the most number of spacewalks, 10, until cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev beat his number with a total of 16 spacewalks. Serebrov contributed to the deigns for the Salyut-6, Salyut-7, and Mir space stations, and a “space motorcycle” named Icarus. He was quite the man!

Not related to the Soviet space program, but I wanted to make this post because Roger Chaffee has a special place in my heart. Today marks the 84th birthday of astronaut Roger Chaffee. Although he died over 50 years ago, he will always be remembered in our hearts and his legacy will live in. We hope that now he’s gotten his chance to fly out of this world and travel to the moon and other planets. Rest easy and fly high, Roger.

Happy birthday to the first Asian and Vietnamese man in space, Phạm Tuân!! He turns 72 today

Cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev training for Voskhod-2

Boris Yegorov, the first physician in space, who flew on Voskhod-1 with cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov and Konstantin Feokistov in 1964.

Voskhod-1 was also the first spaceflight to have more than one man in a spacecraft at a time

A cosmonaut who recently became a favorite of mine’s, Boris Volynov! One of the few remaining members of air force group 1 who are still alive, and also the first Jew in space!

Boris Volynov and Vladimir Komarov were the two possible captain choices for Voskhod-1 in 1965, and the final decision was Komarov as captain. He was also scheduled to fly on Voskhod-3 2 years later, but the flight was cancelled after Sergei Korolev’s death and the Voskhod program was terminated completely. It wasn’t until 1969, when Volynov was finally able to fly to space for the first time on Soyuz-5, making him the first Jew in space