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The Day of Cosmonautics! April 12
« on: April 12, 2016, 07:03:51 AM »
Today is the  Day of Cosmonautics! April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin first went into space!

Im just waiting to following his foot steps :plane:
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Re: The Day of Cosmonautics! April 12
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2016, 08:52:00 AM »
Just in case anyone is thinking of becoming an astronaut or even better still, taking their women on trip to the outer hemisphere here are are a few helpful links..

http://www.justgorussia.co.uk/en/excursion_star_city.html

http://www.flymig.com/zero-gravity/

The zero gravity looks good, would take the wife myself but at the moment I'm just a poor boy from the village  :(
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Re: The Day of Cosmonautics! April 12
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2016, 09:00:39 AM »
Zero gravity trip..

A cheaper version kind off based in St petersburg  ;D  http://flystation.net
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Re: The Day of Cosmonautics! April 12
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2016, 10:15:56 AM »
Here is an interesting video a US guy ex Nasa now working at Star city and living in Moscow  :thumbsup:

http://rbth.com/multimedia/video/2016/04/11/my-life-in-russiadaniel-c-burbank-from-manchester-connecticut_583657
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Re: The Day of Cosmonautics! April 12
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2016, 08:55:52 AM »