NEW YEAR CARDS: SOVIETS IN SPACE

с Новым годом to you secret agents and astronauts! Celebrate the holiday with Spy Vibe and Soviet-era New Year card illustrations. May all of us ride the rocket of progress and efficiency in 2014. Thank you for a great year. We are nearing one-million visitors! While searching for these images, I discovered Wired was on the same wavelength this week. The first image is from David Portree's collection and commemorates Voskhod ("sunrise"), the first multi-person mission launched in 1964. You can read about the history behind the image at Wired here, and about the first Soviet spacewalk from Voskhod in 1965 here. There is a nice collection of cards and posters at Retronaut here. Wherever you are tonight, have a safe mission and a Happy New Year!

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