https://padlet.com/1307836/Bookmarks Made By Sydney Arnold en-us 2021-03-05 18:32:43 UTC 2022-03-21 19:58:52 UTC hello@padlet.com 1307836 https://padlet.com/1307836/Bookmarks/wish/2089142724 August 11, 1962

Getting to space wasn't exactly easy, but when is life easy? I was always that kid who knew exactly what they wanted to be when they grew up, and no one was gonna stop me. I wanted to fly, and boy did I fly. After graduating I entered the military and quickly became an air force pilot. I was happy and didn't even consider doing more than what I was doing, but in 1960 when cosmonaut sign ups came to be, I was one of the first to sign up.  The cosmonaut test weren't easy and the chances of me becoming a cosmonaut were slim at the best. Out of 154 candidates 29 of us passed all the cosmonaut tests, and then only 20 of us were selected to become cosmonauts. Upon hearing I had become I cosmonaut I was ecstatic! None of us knew when, or if, we would go to space at the time. After not being chosen as the first man to be sent into space I was defiantly disappointed, but deep down I knew my time would come. Tomorrow I go into space, and upon entering space, I would mark the first time more than one person has been in space at the same time as an another.]]> 2022-03-10 20:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1307836/Bookmarks/wish/2089142724 1307836 https://padlet.com/1307836/Bookmarks/wish/2089159627 August 20, 1962

The training for space travel is extensive, impressive, and serves it's purpose well, but nothing will ever compare to real space travel. The feeling of being in space knowing that everyone with the exception of myself and Andriyan (Nikolayev) was on Earth was something else. I have never really felt important, I have always been an average guy, with average goals, I never was someone who was important, but being part of the space program I am important. In space I have a mission, I have a purpose and a goal. On Earth I am just a, "guy who did that space thing".
I feel grounded on Earth now, I can't wait to get back up into space.]]> 2022-03-10 20:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1307836/Bookmarks/wish/2089159627 1307836 https://padlet.com/1307836/Bookmarks/wish/2089173439 July 2, 1974

Finally, after about 12 years I will reenter space, though this time it will be a little different. I am the commander of the Soyuz 14 mission. We will dock at the Salyut 3, and the plan is to conduct a 15-day reconnaissance of Earth's surface, which I haven't decided if it will be interesting or not yet. As excited as I am to renter space, I am definitely more nervous, though not for the reason one might think. I know that the science, and training behind my space mission is safe. What I don't know about are the American's. The Salyut 3 is a military station created with the intent to protect against violent American ships and is disguised as a part of the Salyut missions so that the Americans don't get any ideas. Personally I believe that violence should not be how we resolve affairs, and that space war, will lead to many problems on Earth. Since I am firm member of the soviet union though, I will not hesitate to protect my country and its  space program. Though I can not say that I won't be relieved if I never have to fire the weapons installed on the Salyut 3.]]> 2022-03-10 21:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1307836/Bookmarks/wish/2089173439