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 by AFP Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) April 13, 2021
The head of Russia's space agency used strong language to criticise US State Department members for failing to mention Yuri Gagarin in a post marking 60 years since his historic spaceflight. On Monday, Russia led by President Vladimir Putin marked the 60th anniversary of the legendary flight that made Gagarin the first human in orbit. The US State Department issued a Facebook post commemorating 60 years since the flight as well as "technological progress and international cooperation, which are facilitated by space exploration". The short post in Russian did not mention Gagarin, who gave the Soviet Union a major victory in the Cold War-era space race against the United States. "Assholes. Superpowers do not behave that way," Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin wrote in response on Twitter late Monday. A brash and brazen former diplomat, Rogozin is known for provocative tweets and boisterous claims. In 2014, Rogozin, then a deputy prime minister in charge of space, responded to Western sanctions on Russia with a tweet suggesting the United States could send its astronauts to space "using a trampoline". Russia at the time was the only country capable of delivering crews to the International Space Station (ISS). "The trampoline is working," US billionaire Elon Musk quipped in 2020 after his company SpaceX successfully launched a crew to the ISS. Gagarin's flight on April 12, 1961 lasted 108 minutes, the time it took to complete one loop around the Earth. Twenty-three days later, Alan Shepard became the first American in space. His flight on Freedom 7 on May 5, 1961 was suborbital. as/jbr/txw
Three-man crew docks at ISS after flight honouring Gagarin Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 9, 2021 A three-man crew docked at the international Space Station Friday after a flight honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space. A Soyuz capsule carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei docked at 1105 GMT, footage broadcasted by NASA TV showed. "There is contact!" Russia's space agency Roscosmos wrote on Twitter. "Hey, Expedition 64 - set the dinner table... Can't wait to join you on ... read more
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