Space: It's So Cool - by Otherhawk

[lindafishes8]

Space: It's So Cool - by Otherhawk, A drabble & a half for A Little Drabble Do Ya/Section VII/LJ Posted here with permission.


Fortunately it was a clear night and the stars were twinkling over those breathlessly watching the sky. A chill was in the air, and Illya pulled his coat close around him while he waited for his turn at the telescope Grigory had brought.
A shout rang out. “There! I can see it!”
He looked up, scanning the sky intently until he saw it; a bright light, larger than the starlight pinpricks around it, travelling fast above them. “Oh...”
“It's so beautiful,” Inessa whispered.
The very first artificial satellite was orbiting the Earth. And they – the Soviet Union – they had done this.
“What a time to be alive,” Pavel said, joy and wonder shining through his voice.
From somewhere behind them, someone started singing the State Anthem and one by one they all joined in until they were all singing, united, watching as Sputnik 1 flew overhead.

Comments

[Лимбо]

I already wrote you in your blog, but I'll say it again - thank you for sharing.

[lindafishes8]

Лимбо, Thanks! It's about Illya while his still in Russia and a child. Kind of magical, I thought.

[lindafishes8]

Лимбо, Thanks! It's about Illya while his still in Russia and a child. Kind of magical, I thought.

[NikaDimm]

That should be October 1957.

[lindafishes8]

NikaDimm,

That should be October 1957.

I don't remember hearing about it at that time. I was only 4 years old. But later I remember watching on television about the "Space Race" and how our space agency tried to beat the Russians into space. Isn't it great now that we are working together in the International Space Station? I think about it every time I watch the ISS fly by.

[NikaDimm]

lindafishes8,

Isn't it great now that we are working together in the International Space Station?

Yes, that's good.

The first sputnik was launched to orbit on October 4, 1957 and stayed there for 3 months.

That was really time for romantics. I just watched a Russian film, "Territory", one of the scenes shows people's reaction to the news of Gagarin's flight. And the whole film is very beautiful.

[lindafishes8]

NikaDimm, It was a very big deal here whenever a space mission was televised. People would stop their work to watch and children in school listened of the speaker system. Now I like to watch the space station live on the internet to watch space walks and hear what they have to say.

A friend of mine's brother has the nickname of "Spooty" because he was born on the date Sputnik was launched into space.

[NikaDimm]

lindafishes8,

It was a very bid deal here whenever a space mission was televised

Same in the USSR for some time. And then it became usual - there always was somebody up there at space station. But Soyuz - Apollo was really big event