Since Today is March 15th, in Hungary we remember the 1848-49 revolution. Since I'm hungarian I wanted to post about the first Hungarian Cosmonaut Farkas Bertalan (Bertalan Farkas in Western name order)
Farkas Bertalan during training
Farkas along with Soviet cosmonaut Valery Kubasov, was launched into space on Soyuz 36 to the Salyut 6 space station, as visiting crew for the resident Soyuz 35 crew on May 26, 1980. After 7 days, 20 hours and 45 minutes, and having completed 124 orbits the visiting he returned back to Earth.
Farkas Bertalan and Valery Kubasov preparing for the flight.
After boarding they completed so many experiments they barely had time to rest, only sleeping 3 hours a day.
"When Yuri Gagarin flew into space, I was only 12.. I can't believe I’m gonna fly after him. It’s unbelievable that human can work, live in zero gravity. 25 years have passed since then but his historical feat….”.
Farkas Bertalan and Valery Kubasov in Budapest after returning to Earth.
Farkas Bertalan was the hero of the soviet union title on June 30th 1980 and upon returning to Hungary he was gifted a hungarian made bicycle by factory workers.
