Thought there was a thread on this already, my apologies for the belated post.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62964177
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/science/valery-polyakov-dead.html
https://www.astronomy.com/news/2022/09/valeri-polyakov-record-breaking-cosmonaut-dies-at-age-80...
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The 12th April is the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin being the first man in space.
Here’s this weeks Archive on 4 about that historic trip.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000v24g
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