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The sun truly 'comes up like thunder,' and it sets just as fast. Each sunrise and sunset lasts only a few seconds. But in that time you see at least eight different bands of color come and go, from a brilliant red to the brightest and deepest blue. And you see sixteen sunrises and sixteen sunsets every day you're in space. No sunrise or sunset is ever the same.

   ---Allen


Ivchenko
 

Ivchenko Soviet Pilot Cosmonaut candidate. .

Personal: Male. Born in USSR. Affiliation: Soviet Air Force.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Air Force Group 3 - 1965 (Candidate). Status: Inactive. Entered space service: 15 August 1965.

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