{"id":132404,"date":"2024-12-02T07:34:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T00:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132404"},"modified":"2024-12-02T07:34:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T00:34:36","slug":"astronaut-reveals-his-first-emotion-as-he-returned-to-earth-after-being-stranded-in-space-for-311-days-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132404","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut reveals his first emotion as he returned to Earth after being stranded in space for 311 days &#8211; World News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:contents\">\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Imagine being in space so long that when you come back your country ceases to exist?<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">It&#8217;s hard to believe how Sergei Krikalev was feeling when he returned to planet earth on 25 March, 1992.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The cosmonaut spent 311 days aboard the Mir <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/space\">space<\/a> station, in orbit from 1986 to 2001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">It was supposed to be a routine mission lasting five months, but things took an unexpected turn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">While Krikalev was up among the stars, the Soviet Union had dissolved in December 1991 into independent nations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">As a result, Krikalev had to stay at the station for ten months due to him no longer having a country, which was double the length of time he was supposed to be there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The reason being, <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/money\">money<\/a> had dried out in what was once the newly independent Kazakhstan, so Sergei knew that the financial means required to bring him back wasn&#8217;t there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">He said while on Mir: \u201cThe strongest argument was economic because this allows them to save resources here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img alt=\"Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned to Earth on 25 March, 1992, after spending 311 days aboard the Mir space station (Getty Images\/NASA)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" 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https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltc22e2d5925f95035\/674c48d88d517b0ac6a828f1\/GettyImages-903095.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltc22e2d5925f95035\/674c48d88d517b0ac6a828f1\/GettyImages-903095.jpg 3840w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltc22e2d5925f95035\/674c48d88d517b0ac6a828f1\/GettyImages-903095.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned to Earth on 25 March, 1992, after spending 311 days aboard the Mir space station (Getty Images\/NASA)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;They say it\u2019s tough for me &#8211; not really good for my health. But now the country is in such difficulty, the chance to save money must be top priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Although some of the astronauts managed to make it back during the time he was up there, Krikalev also didn&#8217;t want to jeopardise the actual mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Ten months on, Krikalev&#8217;s replacement was sent to Mir so that he could finally come <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/home\">home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In a 2015 <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2015\/sep\/16\/russian-cosmonaut-sergei-krikalev-soviet-space-race-any-questions?page=with%3Ablock-55f982f3e4b0b18640539a55\">interview<\/a> with The Guardian, he explained what was going through his mind on returning to earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">He said: \u201cIt was a long process and we were getting the <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/news\">news<\/a>, not all at once, but we heard about the referendum, for example.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img alt=\" His extended mission was not part of the plan (Getty Images\/NASA)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltdd6c4c3e677495be\/674c48edc7532a6efcb3ac8f\/GettyImages-903111.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltdd6c4c3e677495be\/674c48edc7532a6efcb3ac8f\/GettyImages-903111.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltdd6c4c3e677495be\/674c48edc7532a6efcb3ac8f\/GettyImages-903111.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltdd6c4c3e677495be\/674c48edc7532a6efcb3ac8f\/GettyImages-903111.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltdd6c4c3e677495be\/674c48edc7532a6efcb3ac8f\/GettyImages-903111.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltdd6c4c3e677495be\/674c48edc7532a6efcb3ac8f\/GettyImages-903111.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltdd6c4c3e677495be\/674c48edc7532a6efcb3ac8f\/GettyImages-903111.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltdd6c4c3e677495be\/674c48edc7532a6efcb3ac8f\/GettyImages-903111.jpg 3840w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltdd6c4c3e677495be\/674c48edc7532a6efcb3ac8f\/GettyImages-903111.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\"> His extended mission was not part of the plan (Getty Images\/NASA)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cI was doing my job and was more worried about those on the ground &#8211; our families and friends &#8211; we had everything we needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cI think I felt satisfaction that I had done my job, and done it well. The second one was a sort of relief as I had held a huge responsibility for many months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Krikalev valued his time in space and has logged more than 800 days aboard the International Space Station, Mir space station, Soyuz spacecraft, and the space shuttle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;You start to understand that in many cases, our separation on Earth is more artificial,&#8221; he said in an <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/station\/iss-research\/down-to-earth-q-and-a-with-cosmonaut-sergei-krikalev\/\">interview<\/a> with <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/nasa\">NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;We are living on the same surface. When you see a forest fire, you see that smoke is going sometimes for hundreds of kilometers. 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