Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev was a Soviet cosmonaut. He was an ethnic Chuvash.
Vostok 6 was the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
Soyuz T-7 was the third Soviet space mission to the Salyut 7 space station. Crew member Svetlana Savitskaya was the first woman in space in almost twenty years, since Valentina Tereshkova who flew in 1963 on Vostok 6.
The far side of the Moon is the hemisphere of the Moon that always faces away from Earth. The far side's terrain is rugged with a multitude of impact craters and relatively few flat lunar maria compared to the near side. It has one of the largest craters in the Solar System, the South Pole–Aitken basin. Both sides of the Moon experience two weeks of sunlight followed by two weeks of night; even so, the far side is sometimes called the "dark side of the Moon", meaning unseen rather than lacking sunlight.
Bolshoye Maslennikovo is a village in Tutayevsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located about 20 km to the west from Yaroslavl.
Korolyov, also transliterated as Korolev or Korolov, or its feminine variant Korolyova, Koroleva, Korolova (Королёва), is a common Russian surname, and the name of multiple places in Russia. It is derived from the word korol (король), meaning "king".
Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova is a former Soviet cosmonaut, pilot and scientist.
Marina Yevseevna Goldovskaya is a Russian-American documentary cinematographer famed for her candid portrayal of people. She has documented many types of people including simple folk, seamstresses, a female astronaut, literary and artistic legends, as well as political leaders. Winner of USSR State Prize (1988).
Fesenkov Crater is an impact crater in the Lunae Palus quadrangle of Mars. It is located at 21.8° N and 86.7° W. It was named after Vasilii G. Fesenkov, a Russian astrophysicist (1889–1972).
Arkhangelsky Crater is a crater in the Argyre quadrangle of Mars, located at 41.4° S and 24.8° W. It is 117 km across and was named after the Russian geologist A.D. Arkhangelsky.
Natasha is a name of Russian origin.
Academician Koptyug Avenue or Academician Koptyug Prospekt is a street in the Akademgorodok of Novosibirsk, Russia. The avenue runs from Academician Lavrentyev Avenue and ends at the intersection with Tereshkova Street and Universitetsky Avenue. The street is named after Valentin Koptyug.
Morskoy Prospekt or Morskoy Avenue is a street in the Akademgorodok of Novosibirsk, Russia. It is one of the central streets of the science city. The prospekt starts from the intersection with Academician Lavrentyev Avenue and Tereshkova Street, runs south-west and then forms a crossroad with Berdskoye Highway. Berdskoe Highway, a narrow strip of forest and a railway line separate it from the bank of the Novosibirsk Reservoir, popularly known as the Sea of Ob', hence the name.
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