The first manned space flight Yuri Gagarin 1934

The first manned space flight Yuri Gagarin (1934 -1968) Leshan D-27

"Attention! Moscow Speaking! Work all the radio stations of the Soviet Union. . "so began his message April 12, 1961 Soviet radio announcer Yuri Levitan. This message is about the first manned space flight marked the beginning of a new era in the history of mankind -early manned space flight.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin Yuri Gagarin was born March 9, 1934 in the town of Gzhatsk Smolensk region. April 12, 1961 the first earthling made a space flight aboard the "Vostok". Since April 12, 1962 The day of Gagarin's flight into space declared a holiday Cosmonautics Day.

Flight. Start the "Vostok" was promoted to 09. 07 April 12, 1961 Moscow time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. After completing one revolution around the Earth in 108 minutes on 10. 55. 34, the ship completed a scheduled flight (one second earlier than planned. )

Initially, no one is planning a grand meeting in Moscow Gagarin. All agreed at the last moment, Nikita Khrushchev. A huge crowd welcomed the first cosmonaut. Gagarin stood to his full height in an open car and welcomed all. Around heard congratulations. "Hero of the Soviet Union, " Nikita Khrushchev on Red Square presented to Yuri Gagarin Gold Star.

Tragic death After Gagarin's flight into space was in the Air Force Engineering Academy. Zhukovsky and therefore some time had no flight experience. The first break after an independent flight he made at the beginning of December 1967. March 27, 1968, he died under mysterious circumstances near the village Novoselov Vladimir region during one of the training flights. He was buried near the Kremlin wall on Red Square.

South - Western district of Moscow. The area is named after the first cosmonaut - Gagarin district. Probably in every town or village has a street named after Yuri Gagarin.