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Gromova, Mirya (-1959) Russian phantom cosmonaut. Soviet test pilot said to have flown a 'space airplane' into oblivion 1959.12. No evidence ever surfaced in post-Glasnost Russia to back up the claim.
In December 1959, the Italian news agency Continentale reported that a series of cosmonaut deaths on suborbital flights had been revealed by a high-ranking Czech communist. Among these was a woman, said to have flown some sort of 'space airplane' into oblivion. No evidence ever surfaced in post-Glasnost Russia to back up the claim.
Died: 1959.06.01.
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Phantom Cosmonaut Over the years the Western press named a number of cosmonauts that were never acknowledged by the Soviet Union. Most were said to have died in space. More...
Gromova Chronology
1959 June 1 - .
- Death of Mirya Gromova. Reported killed in a test of a winged rocket-powered aircraft in 1959. - .
Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Gromova. Summary: Russian phantom cosmonaut. Soviet test pilot said to have flown a 'space airplane' into oblivion 1959.12. No evidence ever surfaced in post-Glasnost Russia to back up the claim..
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