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Even after the death of Stalin in the Soviet Union and Klement Gottwald in
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between East and West. The Cold War was at its height; with it came the
arms race and the space race. Here is Czechoslovakia’s president Antonín
Novotný, in a New Year radio address on January 1 1958: More
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Asifa Shaheen, Ian Morrison, Constantin Liviu Viorel, Mary Lou Krenek,
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The most exciting story of the month: Czech psychologists help set the
stage for one of the greatest journeys of the mind imaginable. The scene is
a parking lot in Moscow, where six scientists have been locked away in a
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From the ArchivesSoyuz 28 and the cosmic brothers
On March 2 1978 - for the first time - a person was launched into space who
was neither a Soviet nor an American citizen. His name was Vladimír Remek,
and he came from Czechoslovakia. Millions of Czechs and Slovaks had the
chance to follow the event live both on radio and television, and it was
even celebrated in song:
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From the ArchivesYuri Gagarin: to Prague via the stratosphere
Even after the death of Stalin in the Soviet Union and Klement Gottwald in
Czechoslovakia the 1950s remained a period of high political tension
between East and West. The Cold War was at its height; with it came the
arms race and the space race. Here is Czechoslovakia’s president Antonín
Novotný, in a New Year radio address on January 1 1958:
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This week in Mailbox: the beneficial properties of sea water once again,
the Barrandov film studios in Prague, an Oscar for Czech musician Markéta
Irglová, the 30th anniversary of Czech cosmonaut Vladimír Remek’s
flight into space. Listeners quoted: Robert Fraser, Howard Barnett, Stephen
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Czech ScienceAstronomy in the Czech lands III - Astronauts
Welcome to Czech Science. Last week Professor Jan Palous from the
Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences talked about
Czech-born astronomers who left Czechoslovakia during the communist era
and made their careers at foreign universities and research centres. Today
Professor Palous will be talking about Czech participation in one
important part of space research - manned missions to outer space.
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