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lastlib

(23,208 posts) Mon Apr 12, 2021, 08:12 AM Apr 2021

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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race; his capsule, Vostok 1 completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. Gagarin became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union....


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Sixty years ago today: (Original Post) lastlib Apr 2021 OP
remember the Spunick bubble gum? samnsara Apr 2021 #1
no, I don't. lastlib Apr 2021 #2
one of the big reasons Gagarin got the job was because rurallib Apr 2021 #3

lastlib

(23,208 posts)
2. no, I don't.
Reply to samnsara (Reply #1)
Mon Apr 12, 2021, 10:10 AM
Apr 2021

Born a week before Sputnik I, I wasn't yet four when Gagarin went up. My earliest memory of a news event was watching John Glenn's launch.

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3. one of the big reasons Gagarin got the job was because
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Mon Apr 12, 2021, 09:20 PM
Apr 2021

he was small enough to fit in the capsule.

But I think today's commercial airplanes are based on that capsule's size

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