{"id":61837,"date":"2021-04-13T06:14:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T06:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=61837"},"modified":"2021-04-13T06:14:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T06:14:23","slug":"yuri-gagarin-first-man-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/yuri-gagarin-first-man-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #3366ff;\">Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61838 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Yuri-Gagarin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Yuri Gagarin with then Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike and an interpreter.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #993366;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2021\/04\/10\/features\/246358\/yuri-gagarin-first-man-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Yuri Gagarin was the first person to fly in space. His flight, on April 12, 1961, lasted 108 minutes as he circled the Earth for a little more than one orbit in the Soviet Union\u2019s Vostok spacecraft. Following the flight, Gagarin became a cultural hero in the Soviet Union. Even today, more than six decades after the historic flight, Gagarin is widely celebrated in Russian space museums, with numerous artefacts, busts and statues displayed in his honour. His remains are buried at the Kremlin in Moscow, and part of his spacecraft is on display at the RKK Energiya museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Gagarin\u2019s flight came at a time when the United States and the Soviet Union were competing for technological supremacy in space. The Soviet Union had already sent the first artificial satellite, called Sputnik, into space in October 1957.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Before Gagarin\u2019s mission, the Soviets sent a test flight into space using a prototype of the Vostok spacecraft. During this flight, they sent a life-size dummy called Ivan Ivanovich and a dog named Zvezdochka into space. After the test flight, the Soviet considered the vessel fit to take a human into space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The third of four children, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934, in a small village a hundred miles from Moscow. As a teenager, Gagarin witnessed a Russian Yak fighter plane make an emergency landing near his home. When offered a chance years later to join a flying club, he eagerly accepted, making his first solo flight in 1955. Only a few years later, he submitted his request to be considered as a cosmonaut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">More than 200 Russian Air Force fighter pilots were selected as cosmonaut candidates. Such pilots were considered optimal because they had exposure to the forces of acceleration and the ejection process, as well as experience with high-stress situations. Gagarin, a 27-year-old senior lieutenant at the time, was among the pilots selected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">On April 12, 1961, at 9:07 a.m. Moscow time, the Vostok 1 spacecraft blasted off from the Soviets\u2019 launch site. Because no one was certain how weightlessness would affect a pilot, the spherical capsule had little in the way of onboard controls; the work was done either automatically or from the ground. If an emergency arose, Gagarin was supposed to receive an override code that would allow him to take manual control, but Sergei Korolev, the chief designer of the Soviet space programme, disregarded protocol and gave the code to the pilot prior to the flight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Over the course of 108 minutes, Vostok 1 travelled around the Earth once, reaching a maximum height of 203 miles (327 kilometres). The spacecraft carried 10 days\u2019 worth of provisions in case the engines failed and Gagarin was required to wait for the orbit to naturally decay. But the supplies were unnecessary. Gagarin re-entered Earth\u2019s atmosphere, managing to maintain consciousness as he experienced forces up to eight times the pull of gravity during his descent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Vostok 1 had no engines to slow its re-entry and no way to land safely. About four miles (seven km) up, Gagarin ejected from the spacecraft and parachuted to Earth. In order for the mission to be counted as an official spaceflight, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), the governing body for aerospace records, had determined that the pilot must land with the spacecraft. Soviet space scientists indicated that Gagarin had touched down with the Vostok 1, and they did not reveal that he had ejected until 1971. Regardless, Gagarin still set the record as the first person to leave Earth\u2019s orbit and travel into space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Upon his return to Earth, Gagarin was an international hero. A cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands of people greeted him in Red Square, a public plaza in Moscow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A national treasure, Gagarin travelled around the world (including Sri Lanka) to celebrate the historic Soviet achievement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">When he returned home, Gagarin became a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union) and was appointed Commander of the Cosmonauts\u2019 Detachment. Because the Soviets did not want to risk losing such an important public figure, they were hesitant about allowing Gagarin to return to space. He continued to make test flights for the Air Force, however.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">On March 27, 1968, Gagarin was killed (along with another pilot) while test-piloting a MiG-15, a jet fighter aircraft. He was survived by his wife, Valentina Ivanovna Goryacheva, and two daughters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">NASA\u2019s Apollo 11, the first mission to put people on the moon, landed in July 1969, and the crew left behind a commemorative medallion bearing Gagarin\u2019s name. They also left medallions for other astronauts who lost their lives in space or while preparing for spaceflight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Over time, the U.S. and the Soviet Union began working together in their spaceflight endeavours. The first joint U.S.- Soviet spaceflight was in 1975, called Apollo-Soyuz. Following that, NASA sent several space shuttle astronauts to Soviet\/Russian space station Mir after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The shuttle-Mir collaboration paved the way for NASA and the Russian space agency (Roscosmos) to become major partners in the International Space Station programme, which first launched modules in 1998 and continues research today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Gagarin\u2019s importance in the Russian space programme continues. Crews using the Soyuz spacecraft participate in a number of prelaunch traditions prior to climbing on to the spacecraft \u2014 to follow in the footsteps of Gagarin\u2019s historic flight. Beyond that, Gagarin is often held up as an example of character and heroism to younger children in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The 60th anniversary of Gagarin\u2019s flight is being commemorated this year. The space community also commemorates Gagarin\u2019s achievement every year with Yuri\u2019s Night, a celebration that takes place on his launch date of April 12. Yuri\u2019s Night was founded in 2001 and attracts thousands of celebrants each year. (Space.com)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/2021\/04\/09\/08-Celebrations-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1820\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>****<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Celebrations in Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/2021\/04\/09\/08-Celebrations-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"340\" \/><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><em>Magilin Nona, the girl who was chosen to garland Gagarin who visited\u00a0Sri Lanka in 1961 being felicitated. (Pictures by Sulochana Gamage)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The 60th anniversary celebration of Yuri Gagarin\u2019s space flight and the visit to Ceylon was held last week (6) at the Russian House in Colombo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Chief Guest was Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research and Innovation State Minister Dr. Seetha Arambepola, and Deputy Head of Mission and Counselor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation Alexey Budanov, Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Learning Promotion State Minister and President of the Sri Lanka \u2013 Russia Friendship Society Susil Premjayantha, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and General Secretary of the Sri Lanka \u2013 Russia Friendship Society Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Russian Federation and Director of the Russian House in Colombo Anastasia Khokhlova, and Chief Executive Officer of the Russian House in Colombo Buddhapriya Ramanayaka were present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The event was organised by the Russian House in Colombo in partnership with the Sri Lanka \u2013 Russia Friendship Society in a joint collaboration with Anura Samaraweera, Member of the International Association of Philatelic Journalists, Assistant Treasurer of the Philatelic Society of Sri Lanka consisting many stamps and photos pertaining to Yuri Gagarin\u2019s Space flight from 1961.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">One of the highlights of the ceremony was the presence of Magilin Nona, the girl who was chosen to garland Gagarin back in 1961. She was chosen for this honourable task due to her heroism in saving the lives of many individuals from drowning when she was merely a teenager. As she shared her experience of that memorable day 60 years ago, the crowd parted with knowledge and memories gained by the photos, newspaper articles, and stamps put up for exhibition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/2021\/04\/09\/08-Celebrations-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"253\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><em>Some vignettes of the celebrations at the Russian House in Colombo.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space Yuri Gagarin with then Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike and an interpreter. 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