Secrets of Soviet space race come to London

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Source: Relaxnews

The space technology that saw the Soviet Union propel the first dog, man and woman into orbit has gone on show in London -- most of it being exhibited outside Russia for the first time.

Speaking at the opening of the exhibition at the Science Museum, which runs until March 13, the first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova recalled her affection for the spacecraft that took her into orbit for three days in 1963.

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"And every time I pass it by I stroke it and say "My lovely one, my best and most beautiful friend; my best and most beautiful man"."

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Tereshkova, now aged 78, kept quiet on one of the best-kept secrets on space history: how she coped when she discovered she was sent into space without her toothbrush.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/secrets-soviet-space-race-come-london-070410586.html

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1. there is also some russian space stuff in the wisconsin dells

tourist trap