Transmissions from a Lone Star: R.I.P. Yury Gagarin, long live the Russian space program!

This week marked the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight. Indeed, I am writing this on Tuesday April 12th, known as Cosmonaut’s Day in Russia in honor of the hour or so Yury Gagarin spent spinning around the earth in a tin can. Daniel Kalder I have been fascinated by Gagarin since childhood, […]