UPDATE-Colonel Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin - Hero of the Soviet Union

There is a lot that can be said about the early space programs in both The Soviet Union and the USA, both positive and negative, but what was never in any doubt is that the men that were shot up into space on top of barely modified missiles in crude experimental capsules were the best of the best.

Another sketch with Copic Markers. Scanned and then Sepia Toned in Photoshop.

Yuri Gagarin

I am a bit... ambivalent?... when it comes to manned spaceflight, to an extent that loses one points amongst the nerdocracy. But they were indeed the most courageous of Spam. And damn if that isn't an awesome statue. I wish their spacesuits really looked like that.

The First Man in Space

Today we honor Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space.

After seeing Tim's post, I was surprised to learn that Gagarin died in 1968. Some reading revealed that he was killed in a jet crash, caused by negligence of the ground crew. He was only 34 years old.

I wish the Soviet Union had treated its space heroes better. Hopefully, he and Laika are off frolicking somewhere, wherever it is cosmonauts go when they die.

yuri gagarin

yuri gagarin passed away...




...in 1968.