Journal 104 - Yuri Gagarin - Columbus of the Cosmos
Today is April 12, 2007. The Soviet air force pilot, Yuri Gagarin, was the first human to travel in space. It happened on April 12, 1961. It was an event without precedent. Americans were shocked. In 1962, astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., became the first American to orbit the earth.
Yuri Gagarin circled the earth at a speed of more than 17,000 mph. The trip lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. Gagarin’s spacecraft Vostok 1 was in orbit for 89.1 minutes. At the highest point, Gagarin was about 203 miles above the earth.
Gagarin is known in Russian history as “the Columbus of the Cosmos”.
Yuri Gagarin was born in 1934 and was killed in a plane crash in 1968.
Today is April 12, 2007. The Soviet air force pilot, Yuri Gagarin, was the first human to travel in space. It happened on April 12, 1961. It was an event without precedent. Americans were shocked. In 1962, astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., became the first American to orbit the earth.
Yuri Gagarin circled the earth at a speed of more than 17,000 mph. The trip lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. Gagarin’s spacecraft Vostok 1 was in orbit for 89.1 minutes. At the highest point, Gagarin was about 203 miles above the earth.
Gagarin is known in Russian history as “the Columbus of the Cosmos”.
Yuri Gagarin was born in 1934 and was killed in a plane crash in 1968.
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