Yuri Gagarin
Russian comosnaut Yuri Gagarin's daughter Elena Gagarina poses next to a sculpture featuring her father after the World premiere screening of the 108-minute documentary film 'Gagarin First in Space' about Yuri Gagarin, on May 13, 2013 at the UN headquarters in Vienna. In April 1961 Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, completing a single, 108-minute orbit aboard Vostok 1.
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield's Most Excellent Adventure
and the first Canadian to command the International Space Station. He may never be mentioned in the same sentence as Yuri Gagarin or Neil Armstrong. But Chris Hadfield has become one of the best-known astronauts of contemporary times because he's shared what from NPR Read more »
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Chris Hadfield, Canadian Space Agency Are Recipients of 2013 Spirit of Yuri's Night Award
dedicated to hosting celebrations of humanity's past, present and future in space each April 12 in commemoration of Yuri Gagarin's first manned space flight and the inaugural launch of the Space Shuttle. In 2013, Yuri's Night celebrated 52 years of human spaceflight from Space Ref Read more »
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The Minds Behind XPRIZE: The making of the next visionary challenge
have been many critical moments in the history of space exploration -- Sputnik in 1957, Yuri Gagarin in 1961, Neil Armstrong in 1969 -- but if you look back over the history of manned happenings outside of the atmosphere, almost all of these moments were driven from Engadget Read more »
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Buzz Aldrin: Get to Mars within 20 years
So enough of your David Duke "Euro American" racist trolling. Nikita Krushchev: Comrade Gagarin. Did you see God up there? Yuri Gagarin: Yes, I saw Comrade God. He said to tell you he doesn't exist. I guess when you go to a hospital, you only ask for a blood from Hacker News Read more »
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Kleider für Weltenbummler: Closed Capsule Kollektion
is a delicate shade of blue", sagte Yuri Gagarin. Er war sowjetischer Kosmonaut - der erste Mensch, der die Erde im Weltall umrundete. Held einer vergangenen Zeit. Kostas Murkudis sieht in uns allen ein klein wenig des berühmten Kosmonauten: Er hat seine erste from LesMads Read more »
