“Tanya” was written on the body of the rocket before launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome for 60 years – this is associated with a young man falling in love with a girl with that name. Roscosmos spoke about this.
“In 1966, at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, before launching the Vostok-2M rocket, one of the soldiers – in love with a girl named Tanya – wrote her name directly on the body of the rocket. The launch was successful. Since then, for 60 years, rockets named Tanya have been launched from Plesetsk,” said an announcement published in the Plesetsk magazine. telegram channel Roscosmos.
On January 25 every year, the Russian Federation celebrates Russian Students' Day, as well as the capital's holiday, Moscow University Day (Tatyana's Day) and the name day of all Tatiana. The holiday has been celebrated since 2005.
