Happy Cosmonautics Day And Yuri’s Night!! To Celebrate, Here’s One Of My Favorite Photos Of Our Yura!

More than 2 million Syrians have fled to Turkey, driven out by the fighting that erupted in their homeland in 2011. But none can claim an odyssey quite like that of Mohammed Faris.

As Syria’s first and only cosmonaut, Mohammed Faris rocketed into orbit with two Soviet colleagues in 1987. He conducted experiments and photographed his country from space. By the time he returned to Syria, most everyone in the country knew his name.

Yet Faris is now a refugee himself, fleeing to Turkey after speaking out against the government’s efforts to crush the 2011 uprising. He ended up in Istanbul, much better off than most, but a refugee all the same.

Once A National Hero, Syria’s Lone Cosmonaut Is Now A Refugee In Turkey

Photo: Peter Kenyon/NPR

me: *takes a deep breath*

me: i lo-

anyone who has spent five seconds around me ever: yes, you love Yuri Gagarin, we know, you love Yuri Gagarin so much, he’s the light of your life, you love him so much, you just love Yuri Gagarin, we KNOW, you love Yuri Gagarin you fucking love Yuri Gagarin ok we know, we get it, YOU LOVE YURI GAGARIN. WE GET IT.

Krikalev-Emily-Gennady Trilogy

The Timeless Trilogy

cuteness overload for our spacebaby!!!11!

A BEAUTIFUL baby Neil!!

I wanna hug Gennady and then make love to him.

Ah dear anon

Andrian nikolayev, Sergei krikalev, toyohiro akiyama, Sergey volkov, and Gennady padalka.

Nikolayev, i think he is underrated cosmonaut so i feel so pity to him ;-; i like his eyebrows! MUAHAHAHAHAH

Krikalev, i was amazed when i know he is spends 803 days in space! that is was so long! and, his birthday month w/ day was actually same with me! im 27 August 2003 and he is 1959

Akiyama, pleASe he is the first japanese in space why you all keep saying mamoru mohri is the first hey wtf :((except you saying first JAXA, i will be ok ;-;)

Volkov, i know he is the son of cosmonaut aleksandr volkov, he is best son rookie ever! i feel so sad when he is leaving the detachment of cosmonaut.; -;

Padalka, he is super great! he is spending 879 days in space and beat krikalev who break the record before padalka. I think is just great! but...he is choose to resign (just like volkov). because he feel on the future he wil never have opportunity to fly again. this breaks my heart. really.

but, his hair style tho ;))

To be honest, they are really cute when smilling eeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhEEEEEHEHEHEHEHEHE

My heart feels warm everytime i thinking about them.

Who are y’all’s favorite astronauts/cosmonauts, and why?

The last chapter/ending was… Great. Might be an unpopular opinion but the reincarnation give us;

Gyomei working with kids!

Kanae and Shinobu be sisters again

Genya and Sanemi being badass cops together

Mitsuri and Obanai being a perfect couple

Kyojuro as a kid and always the same ray of sunshine (probably a descendant from his brother)

Sabito, Makomo and Giyuu as kids and best friend forever (I cried at this one!!)

Zenitsu wrote what happened and people believe it’s fiction 😂

Yushiro painting Tamayo over and over 💔

Someone actually found that damn flower!

The twins!!! Muichiro will finally be happy with a twin!!!!

Uzui being an athlete and win gold! (FLAMBLOYANT!))

Murarata as school director? Not sure but he damn look like!

Ubuyashiki’s son being the oldest person in the crountry, when the family’s man used to die young!!

Gramps and Urokodaki playing games together!!

And maybe other stuff I missed but!!! Gosh, I love it. I’m happy with it, because everyone is happy!

😭❤️

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.- Vincent Van Gogh

Yuri Gagarin in Kazan. Photo by Vladimir Zotov (1967)