Valeri Polyakov, record-breaking cosmonaut, dies at age 80
The superlative spacefarer spent some 437 days straight in Earth orbit, helping test the limits of the human body, mind, and spirit.
Source: astronomy.com
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Valery Polyakov, cosmonaut who logged longest space mission, dies at 80
Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, who logged the single longest stay in space, has died at the age of 80. Polyakov launched on two missions to the space station Mir. In total, he was off Earth for 678 days.
Source: space.com
Mikhail Gorbachev and the Cult of Personality
The Soviet Union leader’s was a life of dutiful progress through a hermetic, sometimes brutal world. How did he manage to save a piece of himself and become the figure he was?
Source: esquire.com