Leonikha

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Image of Star City located in Leonikha, Russia | At Star City's Hydro Lab, an entire mock spacecraft is submerged in a tank filled with water, the density of which helps to recreate the feeling of weightlessness for cosmonauts.
Leonikha, Russia

Star City

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities

Russia's Star City is so named not because it is home to movie stars or pop stars, but to cosmonauts, the heroes of the Soviet and Russian space programs. Today Star City is a sort of space... »

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