Yuri Gagarin

Chris Riley is an independent filmmaker from London, as well as a visiting Professor of Science & Media at the UK’s University of Lincoln. To celebrate the 50-year anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering spaceflight orbiting the Earth, which launched in 1961, Riley created First Orbit last year, which became something of a global YouTube hit, notching up almost 3.5 million views along the way. And in response to numerous requests around the world, Riley is now aiming to release a DVD and...Read Full Story

Montegrappa is proud to honour one of the greatest heroes of the 20th Century, with a limited edition pen marking the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight into space. It signalled the start of manned space flight, launching the most exciting period in the history of man’s unquenchable thirst for exploration. Born on 9 March 1934 in Klushino, Russia, Gagarin was a Soviet Air Forces pilot who, in 1960, after completing the selection process, was chosen with 19 other pilots for the Soviet...Read Full Story

Montegrappa is proud to honour one of the greatest heroes of the 20th Century, with a limited edition pen marking the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight into space. It signalled the start of manned space flight, launching the most exciting period in the history of man’s unquenchable thirst for exploration. Born on 9 March 1934 in Klushino, Russia, Gagarin was a Soviet Air Forces pilot who, in 1960, after completing the selection process, was chosen with 19 other pilots for the Soviet...Read Full Story

Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. April 12, 1961. Sent by Alexey , a postcrosser from St. Petersburg, Russia. This is from Wikipedia : Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, Russian pronunciation: [ˈjurʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961. Gagarin became an international...Read Full Story

So there's a cosmonaut up in space, circling the globe, convinced he will never make it back to Earth; he's on the phone with Alexei Kosygin — then a high official of the Soviet Union — who is crying because he, too, thinks the cosmonaut will die. Enlarge RIA Novosti/Photo Researchers Inc. Vladimir Komarov's remains in an open casket RIA Novosti/Photo Researchers Inc. Vladimir Komarov's remains in an open casket The space vehicle is shoddily constructed, running dangerously low on fuel; its...Read Full Story

So there's a cosmonaut up in space, circling the globe, convinced he will never make it back to Earth; he's on the phone with Alexei Kosygin — then a high official of the Soviet Union — who is crying because he, too, thinks the cosmonaut will die. Enlarge RIA Novosti/Photo Researchers Inc. Vladimir Komarov's remains in an open casket RIA Novosti/Photo Researchers Inc. Vladimir Komarov's remains in an open casket The space vehicle is shoddily constructed, running dangerously low on fuel; its...Read Full Story

View Posts in Research" /> View Posts in Research" /> Fifty years ago on April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, ushering in the era of human spaceflight. The rocket carrying Gagarin’s Vostok 1 spacecraft blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 6:07 a.m. local time at the Soviet Union launch site. [ Photos: Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space ] Reaching unprecedented speeds for human travel at the time, the spacecraft broke free of the Earth’s...Read Full Story

Description:On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in history to leave the Earth’s atmosphere and venture into space. His flight aboard a Russian Vostok rocket lasted only 108 minutes, but at the end of it he had become the most famous man in the world. Back on the ground, his smiling face captured the hearts of millions around the globe. Film stars, politicians and pop stars from Europe to Japan, India to the United States vied with each other to shake his hand. Despite this...Read Full Story

Last month, I read a book that recounted the horrendous death in 1967 of Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov. The story amazed me. I described it this way: "So there's a cosmonaut up in space, circling the globe, convinced he will never make it back to Earth; he's on the phone with Alexei Kosygin — then a high official of the Soviet Union — who is crying because he, too, thinks the cosmonaut will die. The space vehicle is shoddily constructed, running dangerously low on fuel; its parachutes...Read Full Story

The first man in space Yuri Gagarin wiki and photos Yuri Gagarin was born 9 March 1934 to 27 March 1968. He was the first man to travel into space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of Earth, 12 April 1961. Gagarin became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and honors, including Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest award. Career in the Soviet space program Space Flight Gagarin became both the first human to travel into space, and the first to orbit...Read Full Story