🚀 On April 12 we celebrate the #CosmonauticsDay timed to the first ever human space ride. #OTD in 1961 Soviet major Yuri #Gagarin in #Vostok1 shuttle made a full orbit in 108 mins & returned to Earth.
📸 62nd anniversary of Gagarin's space flight celebrated in Trivandrum
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📸 62nd anniversary of Gagarin's space flight celebrated in Trivandrum
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🚀 The Space Age began on April 12, 1961. Sixty-two years ago, mankind managed to overcome terrestrial gravitation and orbited the planet. We are particularly proud to recall that Soviet citizen and the first Soviet pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin accomplished this great breakthrough.
🧑🚀 Although Gagarin was only 27 on the eve of his space mission, he had come a long way from flying with the Saratov air club to joining the first Soviet cosmonaut squad. On that memorable morning in April 1961, he blasted off into the great unknown. A photographer snapped an image of Gagarin shortly before liftoff; the cosmonaut’s face had no sign of fear and showed the famous smile of Gagarin.
🌏 Yuri Gagarin spent 108 minutes in outer space and completed a full orbit around the Earth. Almost no one knew that history was being made on that morning. TASS news agency did not break the news until 10:13 am.
On April 14, Gagarin was riding in a convertible through the streets of the Soviet Union. Jubilant crowds cheerfully greeted him and showered his limousine with flowers. Every Soviet citizen felt that he or she was somehow a part of this historical event.
Gagarin was a representative of a county that had risen from the ashes of World War II not long before, and that had already plunged into a tense Space Race rivalry with the United States. Nevertheless, his feat belonged to all of mankind, not just the Soviet people. It served as a prologue to the glorious era of international cooperation in exploring outer space.
🌏 In the next two years, Gagarin visited more than 30 countries where he was given a hero’s welcome. The Soviet cosmonaut’s foreign tour was unofficially called a peace mission – people everywhere sincerely greeted the first man in space, regardless of their political views.
👉 Every year, on #CosmonauticsDay, a countdown begins at 9.07 am Moscow Time until Yuri Gagarin’s safe return home.
#Gagarin #Gagarin1961 #FirstInSpace
🧑🚀 Although Gagarin was only 27 on the eve of his space mission, he had come a long way from flying with the Saratov air club to joining the first Soviet cosmonaut squad. On that memorable morning in April 1961, he blasted off into the great unknown. A photographer snapped an image of Gagarin shortly before liftoff; the cosmonaut’s face had no sign of fear and showed the famous smile of Gagarin.
🌏 Yuri Gagarin spent 108 minutes in outer space and completed a full orbit around the Earth. Almost no one knew that history was being made on that morning. TASS news agency did not break the news until 10:13 am.
On April 14, Gagarin was riding in a convertible through the streets of the Soviet Union. Jubilant crowds cheerfully greeted him and showered his limousine with flowers. Every Soviet citizen felt that he or she was somehow a part of this historical event.
Gagarin was a representative of a county that had risen from the ashes of World War II not long before, and that had already plunged into a tense Space Race rivalry with the United States. Nevertheless, his feat belonged to all of mankind, not just the Soviet people. It served as a prologue to the glorious era of international cooperation in exploring outer space.
🌏 In the next two years, Gagarin visited more than 30 countries where he was given a hero’s welcome. The Soviet cosmonaut’s foreign tour was unofficially called a peace mission – people everywhere sincerely greeted the first man in space, regardless of their political views.
👉 Every year, on #CosmonauticsDay, a countdown begins at 9.07 am Moscow Time until Yuri Gagarin’s safe return home.
#Gagarin #Gagarin1961 #FirstInSpace
In view of the upcoming Cosmonautics Day, the Russian House in Kolkata organized an art contest "Space Through the Eyes of Children". On April 6, young artists have been invited to express their vision of space exploration.
More than 100 artworks have been submitted for the contest. Sergey Shushin, Director of the Russian House in Kolkata, personally awarded the participants with certificates and souvenirs.
#RussiaIndia
#CosmonauticsDay
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Russian cosmonauts recorded a video for the International Day of Himan Space Flight
From the International Space Station they congratulate the world on this special day and pay respect to the pioneers of space exploration.
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Российские космонавты записали видео к Международному дню полета человека в космос
С борта Международной космической станции они направляют свои поздравления и отдают дань пионерам космической отрасли.
#Россия #Russia #Roscosmos #Space #HumanSpaceFlight #Gagarin #ISS #Космос #денькосмонавтики #Гагарин #CosmonauticsDay
From the International Space Station they congratulate the world on this special day and pay respect to the pioneers of space exploration.
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Российские космонавты записали видео к Международному дню полета человека в космос
С борта Международной космической станции они направляют свои поздравления и отдают дань пионерам космической отрасли.
#Россия #Russia #Roscosmos #Space #HumanSpaceFlight #Gagarin #ISS #Космос #денькосмонавтики #Гагарин #CosmonauticsDay