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19/06/2013

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The Phantom Cosmonaut

Afternoon Reading, Sputnik Episode 2 of 5

Duration:
15 minutes
First broadcast:
Tuesday 02 October 2007

A selection of stories celebrating the Russian satellite which started the space race in 1957.

By Anita Sullivan, read by Neil Dudgeon.

For every successful space launch, there were plenty of rumours about missions that went wrong and were never reported. Years before Gagarin, a small spacecraft breaks from its intended orbit.

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.

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