Life as a cosmonaut in the early days of the Sovie... ...the spring mating season. Between themselves the cosmonauts had one pistol but ample ammunition.Rescue crews... ...found them relatively quickly, but getting to the cosmonauts and getting them out was a time-consuming task, m...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/22/Voskhod-2s-Perilous-Landing/
Soviet cosmonauts usually returned to Earth by landing on the groun... ...armed to ensure their safety. Current Russian cosmonauts return the same way. To prepare themselves for th...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/russian-cosmonauts-train-for-winter-survival/
Unlike their American counterparts, Soviet cosmonauts went into space armed. Specifically, they carrie... ...into the stock -- just in case.... Why did the cosmonauts carry this gun? It wasn't to fight off aliens, b...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/14/this-is-the-gun-that-soviet-cosmonauts-took-with-them-into-space/
