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| Yuri Gagarin was 4th into space! |
| 2008-01-27 |
| According to Rudenko, spacecraft with pilots Ledovskikh, Shaborin and Mitkov at the controls were launched from the Kapustin Yar cosmodrome (in the Astrakhan region) in 1957, 1958 and 1959. "All three pilots died during the flights, and their names were never officially published," Rudenko said. He explained that all these pilots took part in so-called sub- orbital flights, i.e., their goal was not to orbit around the earth, which Gagarin later did, but make a parabola-shaped flight |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #7 The shame of it is that the COmmunist society hid the bravery of these men and the loss of such men by an uncaring state. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-01-27 19:06 |
| #6 This info has been floating around the 'conspiracy circuit' for about 40+ years. Amateur radio operators claiming to hear voices calling out (in Russian) for help, etc. More variations here and here. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2008-01-27 16:04 |
| #5 ^^^^^^^^^^^^that |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2008-01-27 15:15 |
| #4 pilots Ledovskikh, Shaborin and Mitkov all bought the same Dacha. |
| Posted by: Spembolov 2008-01-27 13:58 |
| #3 Sub-orbital with a sub-terranean "finish"...OUCH! |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2008-01-27 13:33 |
| #2 Hail and salute if true. o/Cosmonauts |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2008-01-27 10:12 |
| #1 parabola-shaped flight well, I bet they did that.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-01-27 08:21 |