https://padlet.com/14021411/Bookmarks en-us 2022-03-09 18:25:15 UTC 2025-10-22 14:30:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 14021411 https://padlet.com/14021411/Bookmarks/wish/2088924561 July 17th, 1975
On board the Soyuz-U, today was an overall spectacular day. I had been so nervous the day before the launch before I finally destressed and talked to Tom. This mission was showing how two different countries can even work together by using the Soviet union and America as an example. Everything was going smoothly until the cameras went out onboard the spacecraft. I thought that it was one of the strangest things to happen but I knew we had to fix them immediately because the whole point of the trip was for everyone to watch two competing nations work together. We had to dismantle the ship and then put it back together. Overall it was very stressful but the mission brings me such joy because looking out at space brings me happiness I can't get back on Earth. Showing the world that even if you are different from one another, you can still work together.]]> 2022-03-10 18:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/14021411/Bookmarks/wish/2088924561 14021411 https://padlet.com/14021411/Bookmarks/wish/2088929174 March 18th, 1965.
Today on board the Voskhod 2, I completed the first space walk in history. I was tethered to a 16 foot cord while Pavel stayed inside to make sure everything stayed going well. As I made the courageous move to walk in space for the first time, I thought I was gonna be the coolest person in history, and that was true to me. As I was floating in space, I felt like a seagull with overstretched wings looking out upon the world. I was filled with peace because all was quite in space and when I was done taking photos I decided it was time to go back in. When I tried to go inside, I realized that my suit had inflated to much while I had been outside and that I couldn't fit through the door. I was faced with the risk of oxygen poisoning or even death but with even bigger risk, I decided to loose some oxygen in the suit; and it worked!! I made it safely back inside for another beautiful day also creating the highlight of the mission.]]> 2022-03-10 18:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/14021411/Bookmarks/wish/2088929174 14021411 https://padlet.com/14021411/Bookmarks/wish/2105779061 March 18th, 1965
Today is really the day I actually am piloting the Voskhod 2 rocket and going in to space for the Soviet Union. I am proud to bring honor to my country by bringing another win to the soviet union and beating the Americans yet again. Pavel and I were sitting next to each other in our places in the capsule. I was feeling a bit nervous, but mostly ecstatic with the thought of being in space. As the rumbling went of and I felt the heat and high speed factors of a rocket launch, I knew it was all so real. As we reached a point of being out of the atmosphere I looked out the window. I saw the orbital module still attached to the capsule by a communications table and knew that I had to do something that nobody else had done before. I would have to be the first man to freely walk in space while only being attached by a cord. I had to do another first for my country, and I was more than willing.]]> 2022-03-21 16:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/14021411/Bookmarks/wish/2105779061