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[–] nslatz@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Sergei Krikalev was stuck on the Mir space station for 311 days after the Soviet Union broke up.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

What an absolutely wild situation to be in.

  • go to space
  • your country becomes another country while you’re there
  • congrats on your new citizenship, I guess…?
[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago

Tom Hanks in The Terminal 2: Waiting for Korolev