First Orbit

Fifty years ago on this day, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to be in space. In a spacecraft Vostok 1 he made a single orbit of Earth and spaceflight lasted 108 minutes.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N-4ASXXQfU...%2BGagarin.jpg

Director Chris Riley made a film about it called First Orbit. It shows Gagarin spaceflight as it happened 50 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKs6...layer_embedded

Inspiring stuff.
Proof that nothing is impossible and that given time, there is no limit to man's reach.

It's a pity that today people are more interested in the conspiracy theories about how these things may have never happened and were all fabricated.

"They say another cosmonaut orbited earth before Yuri Gagarin. But he was not loyal enough to hold his breath when his life support system gave up."

:P

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Originally Posted by Ronin

"They say another cosmonaut orbited earth before Yuri Gagarin. But he was not loyal enough to hold his breath when his life support system gave up."

:P

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Laika never gets any credit. :no:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91kdwxFsthI

Everybody now!

FAKE


Commie propaganda

here's some more feel-good fare.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/20...crying-in-rage

*contains picture that can be considered mildly disturbing*

A milestone for mankind.

:bow:

CR

Never underestimate the Russians. ~:smoking:

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Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat

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Commie propaganda

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We all know that a worker's heart can not lie. Lies are left to the capitalist dogs :)