The early exploits of the Soviet space program were often shrouded in secrecy, and unlike US space missions which were virtually a media circus, only the merest of details of a space flight were ever revealed. After stumbling upon this snippet about Russian Aleksei Leonov, the first person to ever walk in space, I can see why the Soviets chose not to say too much about their space exploration program. After ... Read full entry
Aleksei Leonov’s space suit and Soviet space age secrecy
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 5 June, 2008 to the comment subset
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