> here are the three coolest-looking cosmonauts I found while researching this post ...
> Tereshkova
Yes, the first woman in space. Had a major panic attack during the flight, screamed her lungs out, vomited all over the capsule and prompted Korolev to instigate the "no women in space while I'm alive" rule, which was in fact observed.
> Musa Manarov
Incidentally I worked with a guy who was training as Manarov's double for one of his flights. But then something didn't work out, he left the program and ended up writing (accounting) software for living.
> Tereshkova
Yes, the first woman in space. Had a major panic attack during the flight, screamed her lungs out, vomited all over the capsule and prompted Korolev to instigate the "no women in space while I'm alive" rule, which was in fact observed.
> Musa Manarov
Incidentally I worked with a guy who was training as Manarov's double for one of his flights. But then something didn't work out, he left the program and ended up writing (accounting) software for living.