Poljot produced the world's first space watch, that was worn by what Soviet cosmonaut who was the first human to journey to outer space?
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Poljot Poljot (Russian: Полёт , literally meaning "flight"), is a brand of Soviet/Russian wristwatches, produced since 1964 by the First Moscow Watch Factory (Russian: Первый Московский Часовой Завод, ПМЧЗ , "Perviy Moskovskiy Chasovoy Zavod"). The flagship brand of the USSR's watch industry, Poljot produced numerous historical watches used in many important space missions, including the world's first space watch worn by Yuri Gagarin.
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Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: ; ] ; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.
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Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov (Russian: Александр Павлович Александров ; born February 20, 1943) is a former Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union (November 23, 1983 and December 29, 1987).
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List of Kosmos satellites (751–1000) The designation "Kosmos" (Russian: Космос meaning "Cosmos") is a generic name given to a large number of Soviet, and subsequently Russian, satellites, the first of which was launched in 1962. Satellites given Kosmos designations include military spacecraft, failed probes to the Moon and the planets, prototypes for manned spacecraft, and scientific spacecraft. This is a list of satellites with Kosmos designations between 751 and 1000.
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Ivan Bella Ivan Bella (born 25 May 1964 in Brezno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)) is a Slovak Air Force officer who became the first Slovak citizen to fly in space. He participated in an eight-day joint Russian-French-Slovak mission to the Mir space station in 1999.
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Soyuz TM-6 Soyuz TM-6 was the sixth manned spacecraft to visit the Soviet Space Station Mir. It was launched in August 1988, during the station's third long-duration expedition, Mir EO-3. The three-person crew that was launched consisted of Research Doctor Valeri Polyakov, who became part of the EO-3 crew, as well as the two crew members of the week-long mission Mir EP-3, which included the first ever Afghan cosmonaut, Abdul Ahad Mohmand.
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Soyuz 27 Soyuz 27 (Russian: Союз 27 , "Union 27") was a 1978 Soviet manned spacecraft which flew to the orbiting Salyut 6 space station, during the mission EP-1. It was the third manned flight to the station, and the second successful docking. Once docked, it marked the first time that three spacecraft were docked together.
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Igor Volk Igor Petrovich Volk (Russian: Игорь Петрович Волк ; Ukrainian: Ігор Петрович Волк ; 12 April 1937 – 3 January 2017) was a cosmonaut and test pilot in the Soviet Union.
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Soyuz TM-4 Soyuz TM-4 was the fourth manned spacecraft to dock with the space station Mir. It was launched in December 1987, and carried the first two crew members of the third long duration expedition, Mir EO-3. These crew members, Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov, would stay in space for just under 366 days, setting a new spaceflight record. The third astronaut launched by Soyuz TM-4 was Anatoli Levchenko, who returned to Earth about a week later with the remaining crew of Mir EO-2. Levchenko was a prospective pilot for the Soviet Space shuttle "Buran". The purpose of his mission, named Mir LII-1, was to familiarize him with spaceflight.
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Apollo 11 Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module "Eagle" on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours after landing on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC; Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later. They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft, and collected 47.5 lb of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Michael Collins piloted the command module "Columbia" alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface. Armstrong and Aldrin spent just under a day on the lunar surface before rejoining "Columbia" in lunar orbit.
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Zond 5 Zond 5, a member of the Soviet Zond program, was an unmanned spacecraft that in September 1968 became the second ship to travel to and circle the moon, and the first to return safely to Earth. Although unmanned, Zond 5 carried the first Earthlings to reach the moon, including two tortoises, mealworms, wine flies, plants, and other lifeforms, and was also the first to return moon travelers safely to Earth.
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Kosmos 408 Kosmos 408 (Russian: Космос 408 meaning "Cosmos 408"), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.37, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 250 kg spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests.
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Kosmos 521 Kosmos 521 (Russian: Космос 521 meaning "Cosmos 521"), also known as DS-P1-M No.4 is a satellite which was intended for use as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and was to have been used as a target for an IS-A interceptor, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme. A malfunction aboard the satellite rendered it useless, and the interceptor was not launched.
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Vladimir Shatalov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Шаталов ; born December 8, 1927 in Petropavlovsk) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10.
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Kosmos 1074 Kosmos 1074 (Russian: Космос 1074 meaning "Cosmos 1074") was a Soviet unmanned long-duration test flight of the Soyuz-T spacecraft launched on January 31 of 1979 and de-orbited on April the 1st of the same year.
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Wubbo Ockels Wubbo Johannes Ockels (28 March 1946 – 18 May 2014) was a Dutch physicist and an astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 1985 he participated in a flight on the space shuttle Challenger, STS-61-A, making him the first Dutch citizen in space. After his astronaut career, Ockels was professor of "Aerospace for Sustainable Engineering and Technology" at the Delft University of Technology.
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Laika Laika (Russian: Лайка ; c. 1954 – November 3, 1957) was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth. Laika, a stray dog from the streets of Moscow, was selected to be the occupant of the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 that was launched into outer space on November 3, 1957.
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Jacques von Polier Jacques von Polier (in Russian: Жак фон Полье ) (born September 5, 1979) is a French designer based in Russia. He has collaborated on various artistic and design projects and is heading the creative and design department of the "Petrodvorets Watch Factory - Raketa".
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Kosmos 335 Kosmos 335 (Russian: Космос 335 meaning "Cosmos 335"), also known as DS-U1-R No.1, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 295 kg spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to study spectral ranges in the Earth's atmosphere.
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Kosmos 163 Kosmos 163 (Russian: Космос 163 meaning "Cosmos 163"), also known as DS-U2-MP No.2, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 280 kg spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to investigate micrometeoroids and particles of dust in space.
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Buran (spacecraft) Buran (Russian: Бура́н , ] , "Snowstorm" or "Blizzard") was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian "Buran" programme. It carried the GRAU index serial number "11F35 K1" and is – depending on the source – also known as OK-1K1, Orbiter K1, OK 1.01 or Shuttle 1.01. Besides describing the first operational Soviet/Russian shuttle orbiter, "Buran" was also the designation for the whole Soviet/Russian space shuttle project.
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International Day of Human Space Flight The International Day of Human Space Flight (in other official languages of the UN: Russian. Международный день полёта человека в космос, Spanish. Día Internacional de los Vuelos Espaciales Tripulados, French. Journée internationale du vol spatial habité), which is also Cosmonautics Day in Russia and other countries, is the annual celebration, held on April 12, of the anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin. It was proclaimed at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly on April 7, 2011.