Whipping themselves into a Freedom Fries-esque fit of censoriousness, a space industry conference has removed the name of celebrated Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space ...
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Vostok 1’s hidden reentry crisis, the spinning capsule that nearly killed Yuri Gagarin
In April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, but the Soviet Union buried how close Vostok 1 came to disaster during reentry. From a failed valve to a delayed separation and a forced ...
MOSCOW, Russia — Crushed into the pilot's seat by heavy G-forces, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin saw flames outside his spacecraft and prepared to die. His voice broke the tense silence at ground ...
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Feb. 20, 1962: John Glenn's first trip to space
On Feb. 20, 1962, Mercury-Atlas 6 mission launched, sending the Friendship 7 capsule containing John Glenn into orbit. Two ...
MOSCOW, Russia — Crushed into the pilot's seat by heavy G-forces, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin saw flames outside his spacecraft and prepared to die. His voice broke the tense silence at ground ...
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