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Queen tells kids studying space of meeting Soviet cosmonaut – San Francisco Chronicle
LONDON (AP) — There’s no place like home.
LONDON (AP) — There’s no place like home.Queen Elizabeth II reminded a group of schoolchildren studying space exploration about the importance of returning to Earth as she reminisced in a video call about the first man to make the trip — Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.The monarch, who invited Gargarin to Buckingham Palace shortly after his historic flight in 1961, was asked what the pioneering spaceman was like, according to details of the call released by the palace Friday.
“Russian,’’ she replied…
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