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Soviet space exploration history has been well documented on Soviet stamps. These Soviet stamps cover a broad spectrum of subjects related to the Soviet space program. While much of the focus has been placed on the nation's notable "firsts" in space flight, including: Earth orbiting satellite,
Soviet space exploration history has been well documented on Soviet stamps. These Soviet stamps cover a broad spectrum of subjects related to the Soviet space program. While much of the focus has been placed on the nation's notable "firsts" in space flight, including: Earth orbiting satellite, Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 (; see § Etymology) was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program. It sent a radio signal back to Earth for t ...
; animal in space, the dog Laika on Sputnik 2; human in space and Earth orbit, Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1; first spacewalk, Alexei Leonov
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov. (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during th ...
on Voskhod 2; woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6; Moon impact, 1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
, and uncrewed landing; space station
A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a human crew in orbit for an extended period of time, and is therefore a type of space habitat. It lacks major propulsion or landing systems. An orbital station or an orbital space station i ...
; and interplanetary probe
A space probe is an artificial satellite that travels through space to collect scientific data. A space probe may orbit Earth; approach the Moon; travel through interplanetary space; flyby, orbit, or land or fly on other planetary bodies; or ent ...
; numerous stamps have paid tribute to more general astronomical topics as well.
Further reading
* Gurevich, Iakov Borisovich and Vladimir Il'ich Shcherbakov. ''Kosmicheskaia filateliia: katalog-spravochnik''. Moscow: Radio i sviaz, 1986, 126p. * Kvasnikov, IU. S. ''Rossiiskaia kosmonavtika na pochtovykh markakh 1951-1995''. Moscow: Novosti Kosmonavtiki?, 1996, 154p. * Kvasnikov, Yuri. ''Russian Cosmonautics On Postage Stamps''. Falkirk: Astro Space Stamp Society, 1999, 35p. * Reichman, James G. ''Soviet and Russian philatelic items related to dogs in space''. Mesa, Arizona, James G. Reichman, 2012, 97p. * Sashenkov, Evgeniĭ Petrovich. ''Sovetskaia kosmonavtika v filatelii: katalog-spravochnik''. Moscow: Glavnaia Filatelisticheskaia kontora, Soiuzpechati Ministerstva sviazi SSSR, 1967, 138p.See also
*Postage stamps of the Soviet Union
Stamps of the Soviet Union were issued in the period 1923 to 1991. They were labeled with the inscription russian: "Почта СССР" ("Post of the USSR"). In the thematics, Soviet stamps reflected to a large extent the history, politics, e ...
* U.S. space exploration history on U.S. stamps
With the advent of robotic spaceflight, robotic and human spaceflight a new era of History of the United States, American history had presented itself. Keeping with the tradition of honoring the country's history on U.S. postage stamps, the U.S. ...
* Space Race
References
External links
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