▲ 332 ▼ TIL Yuri Gagarin returned to Earth during his historic first manned spaceflight by ejecting 6 km from the ground and parachuting down by himself. (airandspace.si.edu) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] CptEnder@lemmy.world -29 points 2 years ago (2 children) Kinda sums up the Soviet space program perfectly. NASA spent millions to make a pen that worked in space, the Soviets just brought a pencil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago That did not happen. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-write-stuff/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Graphite dust is a bitch in zero G permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago That did not happen. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-write-stuff/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Graphite dust is a bitch in zero G permalink fedilink source parent