Gagarin’s Launch
Yuri Gagarin was inside the Vostok 1 spacecraft when it left the Baikonur Cosmodrome in April of 1961. He was about to become a legend. People were calling him the first human being to orbit Earth.
Gagarin’s Launch
The Shaky Landing
The mission went well, but he had a challenging landing. There was a malfunction with the spacecraft, so it rattled excessively when it came to Earth. Gagarin had to eject himself from it but lived through the ordeal.
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A Shaky Landing