Gromova, Mirya
Person · Russia
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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.
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Chronology
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1959 June 1
- Death of Mirya Gromova. Reported killed in a test of a winged rocket-powered aircraft in 1959. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Gromova. 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..