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🧑🚀Tired after another day at the office?
Try pulling a 6️⃣-hour, 6️⃣-minute shift in actual OPEN SPACE!
That’s how long Russian cosmonauts spent outside @Space_Station yesterday – installing new experimental equipment to study the Sun & retrieving a container with microorganisms.
🚀 #OTD in 1961, the Soviet #Venera1 probe made history as the first man-made object to approach #Venus.
Passing within 100'000 km of the planet, it collected crucial scientific data & laid the groundwork for future missions.
#RussiansDidItFirst