Konstantin eduhardovich tsalkovsky believed that humanity would reach such a level of development that it would begin to populate other planets. He had many brilliant insights about interplanetary space stations. About multistage rockets, about the principles survival in space, about landing modules, all these ideas were brought to life by soviet and russian engineers, designers, the first of whom was Sergei Pavlovich korolev, he sent the first satellite into earth orbit, he sent the first man into space, Yuri Alekseevich gagarin. Russia has always been and will forever remain the first in space. Now there are about 12,500 spacecraft in orbit , not counting debris, it all started with this small ball with antennas transmitting a simple radio signal. We were the first to launch an artificial earth satellite. American competitors had many times more money; they had the rocket designer of the third reich, wernher von braun. Their country was not destroyed by a terrible war. They made mone
We’ve made a calendar of Russia’s main historical events, official holidays and folk customs. It turns out that every day is an occasion to raise a toast!