October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween!


Deaths of Phantom Cosmonauts


The perfect geeky but interesting Halloween costume. Stumped for ideas? How about going as a phantom cosmonaut.

The Soviet Union's early space program was shrouded in mystery. Missions weren't announced until they were successfully off the ground, and even then details were sparse and often misleading. Like the report falsely saying Yuri Gagarin landed in his Vostok spacecraft when he actually parachuted out and landed separately.
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