Today marks the 49th anniversary of the first space walk! Russian cosmonaut Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov spent 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside the space capsule. The date was 18th March 1965.
He almost didn’t make it back inside the capsule. Due to the lack of atmospheric pressure his space suit had bloated so much that he wasn’t able to fit in through the air lock. He opened a valve to release some of the pressure and slowly made his way back into the capsule.
Even though his space walk was seen by many people back on earth, this heart-stopping moment was thankfully not shown. He later said that he was glad of this because his family was watching.
The first cup of freshly brewed coffee on a Sunday morning, waking up slumbering neurons. The accompanying toast with butter pleasuring sleepy taste buds.
A cup of coffee and toast on a weekday morning just doesn’t smell the same or feel the same or taste the same…as that special cup of coffee and toast on a lazy Sunday morning.
Time after time, the Sunday coffee is a happy anchor on which the last day of the weekend stays itself, because the following morning, the weekday cup of coffee is waiting.
Mozambican-born Portuguese South African; reflecting on travel, writing, editing, life, family and change that has social impact; chief wide eyed in wanderer, wonderer and bottlewasher
