+Gepard 11,296 Posted April 11, 2011 (edited) 50 years ago a big step for the mankind was done. The first man left the earth, rounded it and landed safely. His name: Yuri Gagarin When his Vostok spacecraft started its engine Gagarin called. "Poyekhali!" = "Lets go!" = "Auf gehts!" And from this moment the exploring of the space began. A long line of brave men and women followed Gagarin. Cosmonauts, Astronauts, Spacionauts, Taikonauts, Raumflieger. May you call him what you want. For me they are heros! All of them. Edited April 11, 2011 by Gepard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr.Viper 131 Posted April 11, 2011 Cosmonauts, Astronauts, Spacionauts, Taikonauts, Raumflieger And of course !!!! Anyway... 50 years of humans falling back onto the planet and constantly missing. That's a good day! Especially for my granny who's been mesmerized with space for decades, worked as a director of a planetarium and met quite a few cosmonauts and now old as hell rocket scientists. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+daddyairplanes 10,241 Posted April 11, 2011 keep in mind if it wasnt for the space race we wouldnt have many of our modern innovations. like Tang! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Siddley 9 Posted April 11, 2011 A long line of brave men and women followed Gagarin. Cosmonauts, Astronauts, Spacionauts, Taikonauts, Raumflieger. May you call him what you want. For me they are heros! All of them. Damn right Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PraetorH 166 Posted April 11, 2011 The current Google-image is perfectly fitting... Regardless of ideology, he was the first man to go where no man has gone before. Salute! On a sad note, it is ironic that this man died in an old MiG-15. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capitaine Vengeur 263 Posted April 12, 2011 The mother of one of my colleagues was in love with Gagarin when young, and probably wasn't the only one. The Soviets had chosen the pretty boy with the nice proletarian grin, a good example of worldwide public relations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr.Viper 131 Posted April 12, 2011 Hey, they made a free movie for the event! http://www.firstorbit.org/ http://www.youtube.com/user/firstorbit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FastCargo 412 Posted April 12, 2011 To Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and all who came after... To 50 years of manned space flight! VR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Stary 2,427 Posted April 12, 2011 the first that returned... alive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
