April 12 will mark the 50th anniversary of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarins historic 108minute flight into space in which he completed a single Earth orbit sparking a space race with the United States and becoming an international.
Its been exactly 50 years to the day in some places anyway that cosmonaut Yuri Gagarins maiden voyage set off an international space. It took him just 108 minutes to orbit Earth and he returned as the Worlds very first space man.
On 12 April 1961 Russian cosmonaut and fighter pilot Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space completing an orbit of the Earth in his Vostock 1.
Indias first space traveller Rakesh Sharma is still a hero to many of his countrymen who remember him as the man who established as early as in the 1980s Indias growing influence in international space research.
50 Years ago on April 121961 the era of Human spaceflight opened with a roar to the heavens above with the thunderous blastoff of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard the Vostok 1 capsule from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Site No. A postcard with an image of Yuri Gagarin from Wikipedia.
STAR CITY Russia It was the Soviet Unions own giant leap for mankind one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. Unsurprisingly the Russians ruling class and people alike lauded him.
On 12th April 2011 it will be 50 years to the day since Yuri Gagarin climbed into his space ship and was launched into space.
YouTube is celebrating 50 years of human spaceflight with the premiere of an hourandahalf long video First Orbit that recreates in realtime Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarins first 108minute long orbit of Earth in 1961. It happened 50 years ago this Tuesday when an air force pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first.
Fifty years ago today a brave and likeable Russian called Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
Fifty years ago on April 12 Former Soviet fighter pilot Yuri Gagarin became the first man to have travelled in space for the first time in history in a 108minute flight that almost ended in a disaster.
9 comments ↓
RT gnfi: hari ini, 50 thn lalu, Yuri Gagarin dr Uni Sovyet terbang ke antariksa. Tak banyak yg tau, dia punya rumah di Bogor hadiah dr Bung Karno
freedbygaga i thought yuri gagarin was a japanese. because some girls in japanese have yuri in their names. lol
RT jairkobe: Ch234;, t225; todo mundo falando a237; do Yuri Gagarin que foi pro espa231;o e tal. Mas eu tamb233;m j225; fui, olha a237; vivente
quot;First Orbit – the moviequot;: a real time recreation of Yuri Gagarins pioneering first orbit is released on YouTube.
On April 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth:
Lmao!! This is completely fcked up. Lmao!!!
RT google: 50 years ago today the first man flew in space for 108 minutes – our homepage doodle marks Yuri Gagarins historic
Wtf!!! The girls amazingly hot
Interst890 Oh so you would rather let people die
Leave a Comment