high point CITY (Moscow Region), July 16 – RIA Novosti, Alexander Kovalev. In the first visit to the Johnson Space Center in Houston shortly before the launch of the historic program “Soyuz-Apollo” Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov was able to exchange a bottle of vodka “Stolichnaya” for two boxes of canned beer, Leonov told himself, speaking in the Star City.
“We were invited to Houston along with Valery Kubasov. Arrived – hot drinks like. I thought – a can of beer? I wanted to try canned – it had just appeared in the US. We say – you can not, do not sell. But I was sure that I’ll get a beer “- with a smile shared memories of the famous astronaut.
According to him, he accompanied American colleagues went to the store and asked for a case of beer. “I said: I Am cowboy Frome Rush. Ai SBSTA buy Bear. – Know posibl tell me” – says Leonov.
“Then I pull stockpiled bottle of Russian vodka” Stolichnaya “- she was just starting to advertise and in the US it has not yet been seen and exchanged it for a case of beer – 20 cans. I came out of the shop, and the owner runs after me and shouted: “Hey, cowboy Frome Rush, ITS prezent Foy – and gives another case of beer” – finished his Alexei Leonov story.
Alexei Leonov – the first person to walk in space and implemented 40 years ago with a partner Valery Kubasov historic dock Soviet spacecraft “Soyuz” with the American “Apollo”.
Fifteenth July 1975 were running the Soviet spacecraft “Soyuz-19″ with astronauts Leonov and Kubasov on board and the American “Apollo” with astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand and Donald Slayton, July 17 ships docked, becoming the prototype of the future of the International Space Station.
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