Miki Kisenvole (Sabadell, 1993) always has to seek out paths where not everyone wants to go. A few years ago, he found himself near the bridge over the Kerch Strait that connects Russia and the Crimean Peninsula, Vladimir Putin's pharaonic project to ensure that Crimea remained Russian. He thought no one would help him hitchhike across the bridge, but surprisingly, it was police officers who gave him a ride. "Hitchhiking is an adventure. I like it because every day is different, but also because I get to know the places I go to better," he explains. Miki is a curious man who speaks nine languages and has led the creation of a casteller group in Stockholm. He studied International Relations and has worked as an international election observer. Now he is publishing The Soviet Hitchhiker's Guide (Editorial platform) where he recounts his adventures, combining some of his passions: borders, the former Soviet Union, corners of the planet turned into diplomatic hotspots, statues of Lenin, and hitchhiking.

Before Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, plenty of creatures orbited above human heads. During the 1950s, the Soviets and Americans took their rivalry beyond our planet, starting a space race that would immortalize names like Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, Aleksei Leonov, Buzz Aldrin, and Valentina Tereshkova. But before them, there were Laika, Baker, Belka, Ham, and Strelka. The first animals in space, but not the first to fly, since in 1783 the Montgolfier brothers had placed a sheep, a duck, and a rooster inside a hot-air balloon to see what would happen if they flew.

When Alexei Leonov looked back on his life, he realised how the world had changed in 75 years. He was born in a wooden house in Siberia, and as a child he would look up in fascination as a Tupolev plane flew gracefully overhead. It still seemed like a miracle to see a man fly. Little did Aleksei expect that he would be the first man to perform a spacewalk.