Although today we tend to look back at the Space Race with the Soviet Union as a competition we were destined to win, it was actually the Soviets that secured many of the early victories. American officials at the time weren’t only worried about Soviet prestige winning out; they had very real concerns about Soviet space dominance providing them the ultimate high ground in the next global conflict… Read more about this article in the link below…
https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/lost-cosmonauts-in-space/
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The Haunting Mystery Of The USSR’s Lost Cosmonauts
By Wyatt Redd

In 1961, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. However, some conspiracy theorists speculate that the Soviets reached the cosmos on an earlier mission but covered it up because they lost cosmonauts. Luckily for everyone who didn’t want to see the human race destroyed in an ocean of nuclear fire, the Cold War never turned hot. Instead, the rivalry between the Soviet Union and the West was basically just a contest to see which side could demonstrate the superiority of their system to the rest of the world. And sometimes, it wasn’t even limited to Earth, as both sides raced to see who could put humans into space first… Read more about this article in the link below…
https://allthatsinteresting.com/lost-cosmonauts

Check out the short film, Kosmonauta, from Mirjam Veske and Nils Eilif Bremdal…