October 2015
Green cosmonautics: an ideal to strive for
...due to the world’s sociopolitical and economic problems, the immediate adaptation of the concepts behind green cosmonautics is naively utopian. The environmental safety of rocket technology will continue to improve, but it will do so in parallel with...
July 2014
Why become a cosmonaut? To preserve knowledge
...the superpowers that space became an area for human goals and aspirations. What sort of person becomes a cosmonaut? First of all it is someone who already has a technical specialisation, such as flying, engineering or medicine. It is also someone who...
12 April 2021
60 years ago today, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space
.... Long gone but certainly not forgotten, the anniversary of Gagarin's historic flight is celebrated every year in Russia as Cosmonautics Day where residents of all ages lay flowers at monuments across the country to celebrate his accomplishment. This...
09 September 2020
The brain reorganises itself in space but is not destroyed, new study says
... who might one day find themselves on a long-haul flight to Mars, as researchers imaging the brains of Russian cosmonauts have found that while the brain does undergo changes in a microgravity environment, it doesn’t deteriorate. Previous experiments...
15 June 2020
Space Dogs - The story of the celebrated canine cosmonauts
... with dogs - space or otherwise - but I had to smile at the incongruity of the porcelain Belka and Strelka wearing cosmonaut suits and breathing apparatus; and the rocket-shaped porcelain rocket with the canine duo peering...
29 March 2018
The Cosmonaut Who Couldn’t Stop Smiling
... more than a history text. Indeed, clearly by design, headings such as ‘The Birth of the Gagarin Cult’, ‘Dapper Cosmonauts and Homo-Social Bonding’, and ‘Soviet Sex Symbol’ make it difficult to suppress a natural inquisitiveness. It was inevitable...
