QuickCheck: Did some astronauts carry a specially-designed gun when going into space?


Astronauts face many challenges going into outer space, but do some of those challenges require a gun? - Photo was AI was generated

IT sounds like the plot of some sci-fi or action movie; astronauts heading into space with a special gun packed away among all their gear.

Indeed, it has been claimed that Russian astronauts - more accurately called cosmonauts - once carried a weapon that was a combination of a shotgun, rifle and machete with them when they blasted off into outer space.

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