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Ivan Ivanovich (Иван Иванович, the Russian equivalent of "John Doe") was the name given to a mannequin used in testing the Soviet Vostok spacecraft in preparation for its crewed missions. [1] Ivan Ivanovich was made to look as lifelike as possible, with eyes, eyebrows, eyelashes, and a mouth.
23 mar 2017 · Ivan was a dummy. A cinematographer employed to record the flight recalled the frustration of the volunteer rescuers when they discovered they’d expended all that effort for a dummy. Ivan wasn’t welcomed to Earth with a salute or a bouquet of flowers as later cosmonauts would be, instead he received a punch to the face.
23 sie 2023 · Only military space programs were secret. Civilian space activities—especially the race to the Moon—were openly publicized for the world to see, failures and all. For years, the Soviets officially denied being in a race to the Moon. However, we now know there is ample evidence that they indeed competed to reach the Moon first. Not Yet a ...
28 mar 2013 · Meet Ivan Ivanovich, the mannequin who beta tested space. By Megan Garber. March 28, 2013. Ivan Ivanovich, just returned from space (Zvezda Museum) On March 25, 1961, a group of peasants in...
Conspiracy theorists claim that the Moon landing was faked because Neil Armstrong’s preserved space suit doesn’t match the footprint pictured on the Moon.
17 lip 2023 · Some people incorrectly say the Moon landings didn’t happen. But the evidence – and logic – isn’t on their side.
10 lip 2019 · Critics at the time, including figures in the anti-war and civil rights movements, pointed out how a man on the moon wasn't much use to impoverished children in America's neglected inner cities...
