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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Space => Topic started by: TomSea on April 13, 2018, 12:45:36 pm

Title: Celebrating Cosmonautics Day with Soviet cartoons
Post by: TomSea on April 13, 2018, 12:45:36 pm
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Celebrating Cosmonautics Day with Soviet cartoons
Meduza
11:11, 12 april 2018

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to visit outer space. His near-earth orbit around the world and the satellites sent to distant planets inspired millions of people and demonstrated some of the greatest achievements of Soviet science. To celebrate the anniversary of Gagarin’s flight (what is now known as Cosmonautics Day), Meduza collects several illustrations about the Soviet space program published in the 1960s and 70s by the satirical magazine Krokodil.

(https://meduza.io/image/attachments/images/002/937/792/large/iGLiBPA5Lok3EX-wo6ZJmA.jpg)

(https://meduza.io/image/attachments/images/002/937/772/large/VlPicMVMh2Wt1oDpIPJuXQ.jpg)

(https://meduza.io/image/attachments/images/002/937/760/large/Nn2hfcKPOKGWn5iyS-02Lw.jpg)

See more at: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2018/04/12/celebrating-cosmonautics-day-with-soviet-cartoons

So, Cosmonautic day was yesterday, April 12. Still, very interesting.