Culture Clash
Clip: Episode 2 | 1m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Sasha Lazutkin and his wife Lyudmila talk about the arrival of American astronauts at Star City.
The Shuttle–Mir Program was an unprecedented collaboration between former Cold War rivals Russia and the U.S. But when American astronauts began arriving in Star City to train with their Russian counterparts, each group had to learn to navigate the other’s customs and traditions. In this clip, Cosmonaut Sasha Lazutkin’s wife Lyudmila highlights the amusing contrasts between entertaining.
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Culture Clash
Clip: Episode 2 | 1m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
The Shuttle–Mir Program was an unprecedented collaboration between former Cold War rivals Russia and the U.S. But when American astronauts began arriving in Star City to train with their Russian counterparts, each group had to learn to navigate the other’s customs and traditions. In this clip, Cosmonaut Sasha Lazutkin’s wife Lyudmila highlights the amusing contrasts between entertaining.
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[Speaking Russian] [Speaking Russian] They have you stand like this.
Then they have you close your eyes.
And as soon as you move your foot, you fell.
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