Tag: vostok
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After 20 Years, Russian Drill Nears 14-Million-Year-Old Lake Vostok
A team of Russian researchers is close to breaching into Lake Vostok, a prehistoric lake that’s been trapped deep beneath the Antarctic surface for the last 14 million years. Vostok is the largest sub-glacial web of more than 200 lakes, which are hidden 2.5 miles (4 km) beneath the surface. Read more @ SciTechDaily
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USSR Era Space Capsule For Sale: Own Your Own Piece of Space Junk
One slightly used 1961 Vostok space capsule is going to be up for grabs in a short while. Have you got the money to buy it? Probably not, but the Vostok 3KA-2 is one heck of a piece of space history. Read more @ Technabob