August 1988 News Today

Mohmand, the first afghan cosmonaut in space. in august 1988, he spent nine days on the soviet run mir space station as a guest of the russian crew. it was seen as a symbolic moment in the long running soviet war in afghanistan, but it very nearly ended in tragedy when a computer malfunction threatened the return to earth.

Afghan cosmonaut in space. in august 1988, he spent nine days on the soviet run mir space station as a guest of the russian crew. it was seen as a symbolic moment in the long running soviet war in afghanistan, but it very nearly ended in tragedy when a computer malfunction threatened the return to earth.

Professor victor with the poignant story of laika. our next witness is the first afghan cosmonaut in space. in august 1988, he spent nine days on the soviet run mir space station as a guest of the russian crew. it was seen as a symbolic moment in the long running soviet war in afghanistan, but it very nearly ended in tragedy when a computer malfunction threatened the return to earth.

When team usa jill ellis liverpools north flow. germany is bidding farewell to an outer space pioneer in the 1st german in space as died at the age of 82 the east german cars were not trained in the soviet union the 1970 s. he spent 8 days in space the trip at the height of the cold war made the cause but not a hero in communist east germany but he remained largely unknown in the west after german reunification yen helped train astronauts at the european space agency. baikonur august 1988 a spac...

By cohen or august 1988 a space flight that propelled a german into space for the 1st time and made. the hero in communist east germany a socialist figurehead in learned by heart words the political had given him. how i did it take my flight to the 30th anniversary of the founding of the german democratic republic my socialist fatherland. 25 years later the physicist took a pragmatic view of his creating from outer space. because if you were given a toss like that you cant save him before takeof...

But in late august 1988 he told his dad he wanted to start a lawnmowing business. >> i was going to help him with that. i was going to help him get a truck. well, he never called me that weekend. and i found out on monday that he had been killed on friday. it was the coldest day of my life. >> as we covered all of this ground, he shared something with me that i had heard no one else mention. he said that tony klann had told him, richard, that he had witnessed a rape in the apartment building whe...

Had been adopted. >> they had been into foster homes a couple of times. and so we did everything we could to help the kids be comfortable and safe where we lived. >> growing up, a learning disability had made things difficult for tony. >> because of all the teasing and the other things that went on in his early life, he didnt fit in real well. >> tony barely finished high school. but in late august 1988 he told his dad he wanted to start a lawnmowing business. >> i was going to help him with tha...

As journalist martin kuz was researching his article about death row inmate joe dambrosio, he was finally able to make contact with the murder victims father, richard. >> richard and i spoke on the phone. and it was a long conversation. by the time we actually finished i was the last person in the office. >> richard klann gave kuz a fuller portrait of his son, tony, who along with his sister had been adopted. >> they had been into foster homes a couple of times. and so we did everything we could...

And it was a long conversation. by the time we actually finished i was the last person in the office. >> richard klann gave kuz a fuller portrait of his son, tony, who along with his sister had been adopted. >> they had been into foster homes a couple of times. and so we did everything we could to help the kids be comfortable and safe where we lived. >> growing up, a learning disability had made things difficult for tony. >> because of all the teasing and the other things that went on in his ear...

Difficult for tony. >> because of all the teasing and the other things that went on in his early life, he didnt fit in real well. >> tony barely finished high school. but in late august 1988 he told his dad he wanted to start a lawnmowing business. >> i was going to help him with that. i was going to help him get a truck. well, he never called me that weekend. and i found out on monday that he had been killed on friday. it was the coldest day of my life. >> as we covered all of this ground, he s...