The 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight

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People have always dreamed of reaching the stars. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made this dream come true 60 years ago. The first manned space flight changed the history of our planet. It was the beginning of humanity's long journey into space. Space tourism, moonbases, Mars colonization, interstellar travel—these are no longer mere dreams. They are new goals pursued by new explorers. But Yuri Gagarin was the first, and he will remain so forever. Relive the adventure of Gagarin in our event, To the stars here https://tothestars.worldoftanks.eu/
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Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut who on April 12, 1961, became the first man to travel into space. His Vostok 1 spacecraft orbited Earth once in 1 hour 29 minutes at a maximum altitude of 187 miles, bringing Gagarin immediate worldwide fame. Learn more about Gagarin in this article.
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After taking off from Kubinka airfield, the group completed a pick-up and exit to the estimated rendezvous point with the IL-18. The meeting took place second to second, as planned.

The fighters took their places around the aircraft: a pair on the right, a pair on the left, and three MiG-17s in the rear, slightly above the escorted aircraft.

At the time of the restructuring, the pilots heard from the Il - 18 in the headphones of their headsets.:

- I extend my warm greetings to the fighter brothers! Yuri Gagarin.
- Thank you so much for the feat! - Anatoly Ivanovich answered on the air.

The group flew over Moscow, entered Vnukovo Airport and disbanded.
The IL-18 landed, and then the group flew over the place of the ceremonial meeting of cosmonaut number one.
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Fencer said:
After taking off from Kubinka airfield, the group completed a pick-up and exit to the estimated rendezvous point with the IL-18. The meeting took place second to second, as planned.

The fighters took their places around the aircraft: a pair on the right, a pair on the left, and three MiG-17s in the rear, slightly above the escorted aircraft.
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Commonality with spysat variants—camera and film capsules go where the seat is.

This design was still being made. One was Zenit—launched atop an Energia strap-on with an upper stage.

It is good to have options.

I wonder if it would be possible to have a larger “BALLOS” deal where you could crawl out (atop) and cut the capsule away out from under—the main chute then giving an even gentler landing/splashdown.
 
Justo Miranda said:
I have always wondered why the Soviet designers thought it would be safer to eject before landing, abandoning the protection of the capsule, the parachute is much more dangerous.
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IIRC the Vostok (East) cosmonauts ejected because landing in the capsule was apparently on the rough side especially in light of the fact that they landed on land and not on water as contemporary American manned spacecraft did.
 
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I have always wondered why the Soviet designers thought it would be safer to eject before landing, abandoning the protection of the capsule, the parachute is much more dangerous.
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Generally because of the concerns about capsule landing wrong and cosmonaut being unable to leave it. Engineers feared that relatively rough landing might jam the hatch, and prevent cosmonaut from escaping in case of any other trouble (like capsule falling into water, or heated surface causing forest fire around, or - worst case scenario! - catapult firing from impact). So they decided that it would be much safer to just shot away the hatch and catapult the cosmonaut away on safe altitude.

Yes, they were overcautious, but their concerns could be easily understood; the stakes were high, the political pressure enormous, and a planned series of suborbital tests (that were supposed to proof the capsule) was cancelled due to time constrains.
 
martinbayer said:
I would love for a book to be written and published that compares and contrasts the backgrounds and experiences of Charles Lindbergh and Yuri Gagarin.
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There were airplanes—even Trans-Atlantic flight before Charles—where Yuri was the first atop an orbital class rocket. Opel and chairs laden with fireworks don’t count :)

Lindbergh probably had the worst time of it—fumes and all. Yuri’s ride had more in common with Dragon or New Shepard. He could let his mind wander.
 

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