12 April 1961 the Soviet Union put into orbit around Earth the world's first spaceship-satellite "Vostok" with a man on Board, man committed the first in the history of space flight.
Pilot-astronaut spacecraft-satellite "Vostok" is the citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics pilot major GAGARIN Yuri Alekseyevich.
The start of the space multistage rocket was successful and after I set the first cosmic velocity and separation from the last stage of the carrier rocket ship Sputnik began a free flight on an orbit around the Earth.
During the flight, there have been many difficult situations.
Failed line, failed sensor integrity, for a long time do not separate compartment, there was a jamming of the suit.
The only phase of the flight, which went on as planned – this is the ejection of the astronaut and his subsequent successful landing at a small distance from the ship.
Just Gagarin's flight lasted 108 minutes.
Gagarin landed near the village of Smelovka, search service found him just after 1 hour.
In Moscow, Gagarin passed ceremonial meeting, though originally it was not planned.
Initiated her personally Nikita Khrushchev.
Gagarin was awarded the title "Hero of the Soviet Union and Pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR".
After the solemn meeting, the first astronaut traveled at a press conference with foreign journalists.
Gagarin made many foreign trips.
He visited: Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Finland, England, Poland, Egypt, France.
Flight of the first man in space became possible only thanks to the dedicated work of Soviet scientists and engineers.
April 2016
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