The great achievement of Soviet-Russian space travel

On April 12, the Soviet space tourism industry - Russia celebrated the 50th anniversary of its establishment with great achievements recognized worldwide.

Since the astronaut Yuri Gagarin first flew into orbit and returned to Earth safely (April 12, 1961), the United Nations General Assembly and all humanity took April 12 to make World astronaut day.

Over the past 50 years from that historical event, humanity has made a great step forward in the exploration and conquest of the universe.

Yuri Gagarin astronaut

Astronauts have lived and worked long on orbits near Earth, many countries have launched satellites or various spacecraft to explore planets, prepared to conquer Mars. .

However, the greatest achievements in the field of space exploration and conquest still belong to the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation today.

In addition to Gagarin becoming the first astronaut to fly into space, Soviet citizens - Russia have also established other great achievements such as the first working out of space (astronaut Aleksey Popov). ), the first female astronaut (Valentina Tereshkova), has the longest flight into orbit (Valery Polyakov, 437 days and nights), having the longest working time in orbit (Sergey Krikalev, 803 days and nights) through six flights), having the longest aerospace working time (Anatoly Solovjev, 82 hours through 16 outer space), launching automatic stations on the Moon, Mars and Venus. .

Currently the International Space Station (ISS) has been upgraded from Russia's Hoa Binh Station, which is the landing point for the world's leading astronauts to conduct experiments - scientific research and exploration. serving the universe for the benefit of humanity.