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Postby Мастер » Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:25 pm

58 years ago today, Yuri Gagarin blasted into orbit, the first time any human had ever done so.

The Americans were not far behind, in one way. Less than a month later, Alan Shepard took off. But while Shepard travelled for 15 minutes in his sub-orbital flight, and came down only a short distance from his launch site, Yuri Alekseyevich made one full orbit. Unlike the somewhat reserved Neil Armstrong, Yuri Alekseyevich was a natural in front of the cameras - friendly, sociable, gregarious (possibly why he was chosen). It was more than ten months until the Americans (specifically, John Glenn) topped Yuri Alekseyevich's feat by making several earth orbits; long before, Gherman Titov had spent more than a day in space.

Yuri Alekseyevich died in a test flight in 1968, at the young age of 34. But he lives on in our memories.
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Postby Arneb » Fri Apr 12, 2019 5:45 pm

Watch on youtube.com


Congratulations on a bold endeavour, Yuri Alekseyevich, and everyone in the Soviet Space program.
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Postby tubeswell » Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:33 am

Hail Comrade Yuri
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