Sergei Krikalev, the forgotten cosmonaut, was left stranded in space thanks to the fall of the Soviet Union...



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References & Further Reading

Sergei

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sergey-Konstantinovich-Krikalyov

https://www.iafastro.org/biographie/sergey-krikalev.html

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/down-to-earth-q-and-a-with-cosmonaut-sergei-krikalev/

https://spark.iop.org/time-travelling-astronaut

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Eneide_-_Vittori_mission/Sergei_Konstantinovich_Krikalev

https://www.rbth.com/history/330415-last-soviet-citizen-cosmonaut

https://www.eurasiantimes.com/stranded-on-space-station-denied-entry-back-to-earth-russian-astronaut/

https://www.iflscience.com/when-the-soviet-union-collapsed-a-cosmonaut-was-left-stranded-in-space-57887

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/26/world/after-313-days-in-space-it-s-a-trip-to-a-new-world.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDO4q9EaUg4

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news-europe-news-the-last-citizen-of-the-soviet-union-7792442/

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/04/us/man-in-the-news-sergei-konstantinovich-krikalev-symbol-of-new-cooperation.html



Mir Space Station

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mir-Soviet-Russian-space-station



Soviet Union

https://www.britannica.com/event/the-collapse-of-the-Soviet-Union/Aftermath-of-the-coup

https://www.britannica.com/story/why-did-the-soviet-union-collapse



Space Flight Records

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_records

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66787072

https://www.statista.com/chart/24605/people-who-have-spent-the-highest-the-number-of-days-in-space/



Dangers of Space

https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/the-human-body-in-space/