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Portrait of a girl in Komárov, ca. 1979 Jiří Horák
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Coming up Saturday taking our assault to Newcastle with some sick bands
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TORONTO, ON - APRIL 8: Mitch Marner #16 and Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrate after their team clinched a playoff spot against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Air Canada Centre on April 8, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photo by Mark Blinch
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Komarov
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"we underscore an example we hope to set: that if men can reach the moon, men can reach agreement."
I...I'm not sure I can explain why this hit me so hard but.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human to Orbit the Earth in 1961. In 1967, the Soyuz 1 crashed on reentry, killing cosmonaut Vladamir Komarov, when the parachute lines tangled. Gagarin had been the back up pilot, and was banned from future space flight after since the USSR didn't want their national hero to also die in a fiery crash.
Less than a year later, he died in a plane crash. (A test flight for a new fighter jet.)
A year after that, the Apollo 11 astronauts set foot on the moon.
They brought with them a little satchel to leave as a memorial. In it were medals to honor Gagarin and Koramov, along with patches for Apollo 1 and the three astronauts who died on that mission.
And something about that just...
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Komarov
The Cluny 2, Newcastle, England. 09/11/24.
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Credits, left to right:
USSR Post, 1961, art by E. Komarov based on Pyotr Yershov's "The Little Humpbacked Horse"
USSR Post, 1976, art by Alexander Vasilyevich Kotukhin, Firebird, 1930
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Vitali Komarov
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The story of these two men is my Roman Empire.
Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov were highly decorated Cosmonauts, both of which made firsts in the history of space flight.
Yuri Gagarin famously became the first man in space on April 12, 1961.
Vladimir Komarov piloted Voshkod 1 on October 12, 1964 on the first space mission to carry multiple crew members. He flew again aboard Soyuz 1 on April 23, 1967, becoming the first Russian man to make two spaceflights.
Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov were close.
The Soyuz 1 was described as being “a piece of shit” and a “devil ship” as issues plagued the spacecraft throughout development and failed testing. Yuri had done everything he could to get the launch postponed, including writing a ten-page memo detailing the 203 structural problems he had discovered during inspection of the Soyuz 1. Any person who had laid eyes on the memo would be fired or demoted.
Komarov knew of these issues, but refused to step down from the missions. In March of 1987 he met with Venyamin Russayev, a then-recently-demoted KGB agent who had been assigned to "mind" Yuri Gagarin.
He met with Russayev and said, "I'm not going to make it back from this flight." Russayev asked, “Why not refuse?” Komarov answered: "If I don't make this flight, they'll send the backup pilot instead." That was Yuri Gagarin. Komarov couldn't do that to his friend. "That's Yura. And he'll die instead of me. We've got to take care of him." Komarov then burst into tears.
Yuri, nicknamed Yura by friends and family, showed up on the day of the launch “demanding to be put into a space suit,” "demanding this and this and this...", doing anything and everything he could to be the one on that spacecraft instead of Vladimir. Unfortunately, his attempts were be futile.
Soyuz 1 would launch on April 23, 1967 and faced serious issues throughout the flight. The parachutes failed to deploy during reentry and the spacecraft burned up while Vladimir screamed and cried and cursed out those responsible.
Yuri Gagarin was grounded from future space flights and denied permission to pilot military jets. This was devastating for the already deeply depressed man and everyone knew it. Even his favorite hairdresser said that “Yuri couldn't live without flying. It was his whole life. A man can't live without his trade. He can't survive.”
He eventually convinced them to let him fly, but on March 28, 1968, less than a year since Komarov’s accident, he was tragically killed during a routine-training flight aboard a MiG-15. The cause of the accident is unclear, though many speculate that the accident was an assassination on the cosmonaut as he had a falling out with several high-ranking officials following the death of his close friend.
Both Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov’s names are featured on the memorial for fallen US Astronauts and USSR Cosmonauts left on the moon by the Apollo 11 crew.
#I KNOW FOR A FACT I read somewhere that Yuri dug through the crash site for his remains but I can’t remember 😭😭😭#DID I MENTION HE’S 5’ 2???#there’s tons of controversy surrounding what’s right and wrong but regardless their story is tragic#and I mean tons of controversy btw#there’s absolutely no way for us to know what’s right and what’s wrong#we’ll never know what actually happened but we all know what should (or should I say shouldn’t) have happened#look at how they look at each other and tell me there’s not *something* there#space race#Cold War#Soyuz 1#Yuri Gagarin#Vladimir Komarov#cosmonaut#research#information#THIS is my Roman Empire fr#like these two deserved better 😭
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Homecoming: The Young Photographer Reconnecting with the Roots of Russia's Indigenous Mari People - Pictures by Dima Komarov
"Komarov took most of the portraits of the Mari in their traditional costumes in his native village. He also worked at the festival of Mari radio, where the celebrations and songs are held entirely in the Mari language. “There are many costumes for different purposes: for ceremonies, prayers, or weddings. All of the costumes have sophisticated, beautiful embroidery, symbols which can bring luck and good energy and ward off evil spirits. Almost every costume has the colour red. Men traditionally wear canvas shirts and trousers. Traditional jewellery for women, meanwhile, can weigh as much as 35kg,” he explains."
"Komarov’s visual study of Mari culture shows that there is no right or wrong way to relate to one’s heritage — it’s a journey not only across the physical landscape, but the landscape of your memories and emotions. “Every time I’m in my my native town and my grandma’s village, I feel endless love for my native culture and the places where I grew up,” he says. “Even though I sometimes feel like the culture is fading slowly, I hope that people who discover the new interest in Mari traditions will preserve and develop them.”
- Anastasiia Fedorova
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Jiří Horák - Portrait of a girl in Komárov, ca. 1979 .
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The Remains of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, The man who fell from space (1967)
"In his diary, Nikolai Kamanin recorded that the Soyuz 1 capsule crashed into the ground at 30–40 metres per second (98–131 ft/s) and that the remains of Komarov's body were an irregular lump 30 centimetres (12 in) in diameter and 80 centimetres (31 in) long."
I guess his remains probably have a pretty good shelf-life.
#disturbing reality#Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov#remains#fall from space#1967#vintage#space flight#russia
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Long live Soviet science! (1964)
#poster#voskhod 1#ussr#roscosmos#cosmonaut#vladimir komarov#konstantin feokistov#boris yegorov#space race#science
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Komarov
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Bot-Sitting
Kostya isn’t the sharpest tool in the box, unfortunately. Despite having been told on numerous occasions that he’s not supposed to get wet, he still doesn’t seem to know that he should come in from the rain.
Sometimes Grandpa Nikolai feels like he’s raising another kid. He had to go fetch Kostya from outside, after seeing him through the bathroom window.
Grandpa: Don’t worry, Kostya. Your mother will repair you in the morning.
#ts4#sims 4#brindleton bay#Kostya Komarov#dr. nikolai pavlenko#your smart russian grandpa#stargazersims
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"Why is it that cosmonauts always have girls (daughters)?"
"Maybe because girls are cool."
Most of the pioneering cosmonauts were parents of girls, so here are the proud dads (and mom) and their girls! Happy International Women's Day! 👩🏻🚀💐💫
#op#photos#international women's day#soviet space program#cosmonauts#yuri gagarin#pavlo popovych#alexei leonov#andriyan nikolaev#valentina tereshkova#pavel belyayev#vladimir komarov#gherman titov#back on earth
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