'Space flight is a warm, emotional sensation' — RT

breakingnews

Go to main page News 'Space flight is a warm, emotional sensation'

Follow RT on

facebook twitter YouTube Google+

MORE ON THE STORY

Shot taken from a helicopter in the Krasnodar region, June 2009 (Photo from kosmopoisk.org)

29.06.2009, 10:52 29 comments

Mysterious circles shock locals in Russia’s South

Mysterious pictograms consisting of several circles have appeared on a wheat field in Southern Russia’s Krasnodar region. Was it someone’s joke or did aliens visit us?

05.03.2009, 16:22 12 comments

Russia developing anti-satellite weapons

The Russian military are developing anti-satellite weapons, according to deputy defence minister, Vladimir Popovkin.

21.07.2009, 22:51 7 comments

"I could see Armstrong bouncing on the moon"

Russia's prominent cosmonaut, first man to walk in space, Aleksey Leonov strongly rejects claims that Americans made up their moon mission and shares with RT his memories of Neil Armstrong walking on the lunar surface.

26.01.2010, 15:40 11 comments

Russian company eyes offensive military satellite

Leading Russian spacecraft producer Energia has presented a concept of a universal military satellite with offensive capabilities.

28.01.2010, 10:37 15 comments

Russian nuclear rocket engine may get mankind to other planets

Humans on Mars and beyond and protecting the Earth from asteroids… A new nuclear propulsion system to be used in spacecrafts is set to be developed in Russia.

The Soyuz rocket with Foton-M2

29.08.2009, 03:00 9 comments

Europeans hope to buy Soyuz spacecraft

The European Space Agency seeks to buy a Russian Soyuz rocket as European astronauts make their way into orbit. Europe has asked Russia to increase the number of spacecrafts they produce from four to five per year.

12.01.2010, 10:14 8 comments

Russia to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft

The Russian government plans to allocate millions of dollars to develop a spacecraft propelled by nuclear power. The proposed design could provide the only feasible way to travel to Mars.

02.05.2010, 15:07 6 comments

Soviet "Godfather of Star Wars"

One of the movers and shakers of the sci-fi genre, Soviet filmmaker Pavel Klushantsev is often referred to as the “Godfather of Star Wars”.

03.07.2010, 10:04 4 comments

Supply spacecraft fails to dock with ISS

The Russian supply spacecraft Progress was unable to dock at the International space station on Friday.

20.07.2009, 19:30 7 comments

Soviet top secret space project gets second life

When Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the Moon forty years ago, the US took a decisive lead in the space race against the USSR. But decades after, Soviet space engines are selling in the US.

'Space flight is a warm, emotional sensation'

Link copied to clipboard

email story to a friend print version

Published: 09 March, 2009, 13:24

AFP Photo

(9.5Mb) embed video

TAGS: Space, Russia, Interview

Valery Tokarev, who spent 200 days in space, discusses the feeling of being in space on the anniversary of Gagarin's 75th birhtday, and also shares his thoughts on the future of space tourism.

Follow @rt_com Back to top

Share

Share on Tumblr

previous next MORE NEWS

AFP files

09.03.2009, 12:38 2 comments

Yury Gagarin: 108 minutes that changed the world

The whole world fell in love with Yury Gagarin minutes after he landed back on Earth. The man with the legendary smile, the first man in space would have been celebrating his 75th birthday on March 9.

AFP Photo / Juan Barreto

09.03.2009, 14:24 1 comment

Chávez revolution forced towards U-turn?

While Venezuela’s revolution is still fired up with rhetoric, the oil price slump may extinguish its potency. Will pragmatism require Chávez to temper his domestic, economic and foreign ambitions?

myspace hit counter