carryonmysociallyawkwardson:humanoidhistory:The Sun rises over Earth in a postcard illustrated by So
carryonmysociallyawkwardson:humanoidhistory:The Sun rises over Earth in a postcard illustrated by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, recalling the 1965 mission when he became the first human to walk in space. Alexei Leonov was a prolific and talented artist, and drew and painted many pictures inspired by his experiences in spaceThis particular picture is rather special though, because he drew the first draft for it while in space using coloured pencils he took with him:https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/31/first-picture-space-cosmonauts-science-museum-alexei-leonov -- source link