Hi.
Today is Astronautics Day.
61 years ago, the first man on the Earth planet stepped outside the atmosphere, the space age began.
It's especially nice that this guy is Russian, my compatriot.
I looked at what the American press wrote that day, I posted something.https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l...e=range&page=1




What today (just a few facts):
Well, flying continues, on the one hand it's already become commonplace, on the other hand it's still a risky adventure and space pilots are still the real heroes.
... There is an international space station. It is a joint project of Russia, the USA and other countries. Now Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov are on the station. NASA astronauts Mark Vande Haya, Raji Chari, Thomas Marshburn, Kayla Barron (I may misspell names, sorry if this is the case). From the European Union, Matthias Maurer. As far as I can tell, they work amicably, no quarrels.
.... As retaliatory sanctions, Russia is now not supplying rocket engines to the US, the Nasa seems to be looking for or already found a replacement.
... Today it was announced that Russia's lunar program will resume. Money has been allocated from the budget. Maybe in a few years a Russian cosmonaut will walk on the Moon following Armstrong.

Ekaterinburg.
Well, my city is directly related to the cosmos.
One of the Ekaterinburg plants makes control units and electronic stuffing for rockets.
Of course, there is also the Urals cosmonaut. My countryman, Ekaterinburg resident Sergey Prokofyev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey...yev_(cosmonaut).
Today he is awarded the gold star "Hero of Russia", this is the highest award of the motherland. For what - traditionally not advertised, usually not only civilian research, there is something secret.



And here is a photo of Ekaterinburg from space. Not a satellite, manually from the window of the ISS.


The cherry on the cake = "Cosmos" cinema and concert theater in the center of Ekaterinburg. Built just in those Gagarin years. My mother worked on its construction, when she was a student at the medical university.