 Judica-Cordiglia brothers

The Judica-Cordiglia brothers, Giovanni and Federico, are Italian amateur radio operators and prominent figures in the field of space exploration history. They are best known for their attempts to listen to and document early space missions, particularly from the Soviet Union during the Cold War era. In the early 1960s, they managed to intercept and record radio transmissions from several early Vostok missions, including those carrying cosmonauts like Yuri Gagarin.