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27: Lost Cosmonauts
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27: Lost Cosmonauts

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October 21, 201942m 11s

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Show Notes

What’s worse, the cold vacuum of space or a Russian forest during winter? 

Two Cosmonauts found out the answer to that question the hard way when they crash landed in the woods after the first space walk in history. They had to contend against wolves, bears, and the most useless rescuers imaginable. Tune in to find out the story of the lost cosmonauts!

References and Further Reading
  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7355912.stm
  2. http://archive.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008/04/20/russian_spacecraft_lands_way_off_course/
  3. https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSL2362874120080423
  4. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.seeker.com/amphtml/cosmonauts-faced-cold-snow-after-dicey-landing-1767335720.html
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mUO1TDr7fQ
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmXdWLWMTkg
  7. Hall, Rex; Shayler, David J. (2001). The rocket men : Vostok & Voskhod, the first Soviet manned spaceflights.
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