Yuri Gagarin: A Look Back at the First Man in Space
Yuri Gagarin: A Look Back at the First Man in Space
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On 12 April 1961, a booster rocket took the Vostok spacecraft into orbit, carrying the first person to ever travel to space — Yuri Gagarin. After orbiting the... 12.04.2019, Sputnik International
On 12 April 1961, a booster rocket took the Vostok spacecraft into orbit, carrying the first person to ever travel to space — Yuri Gagarin. After orbiting the Earth once, the re-entry module landed on the territory of what was then the Soviet Union.
Russia is celebrating Cosmonautics Day on 12 April, which was established in 1962 to commemorate the first manned space flight. The UN General Assembly also proclaimed 12 April as the International Day of Human Space Flight on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's inaugural trip to space. The resolution was co-authored by more than 60 UN member states.
The launch of the Vostok carrier rocket with the Vostok-1 spacecraft, with USSR pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on board - the first man in history to fly into space.
(From left to right) Pavel Popovich, German Titov, Andriyan Nikolaev, Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova, Nikita Khrushchev, and Valery Bykovsky on the platform of the Lenin Mausoleum during a demonstration after the space flight on the Vostok-5 and Vostok-6 spacecraft.
Pilot-cosmonaut Gagarin walking down the red carpet to a government platform during a solemn gathering at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow.
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